 Under eco-socialism, he therefore believes that enhancement of use-value will lead to differentiated ownership between the individual and the collective, where there are "distinct limits on the amount of property individuals control" and no-one can take control of resources that "would permit the alienation of means of production from another".He then hopes that the "hubris" of the notion of "ownership of the planet" will be replaced with usufruct.Kovel asserts that "violence is the rupturing of ecosystems" and is therefore "deeply contrary to ecosocialist values".