Y'all worked really hard to shoehorn ownership into an argument about corruption. Some of you abandoned ownership altogether (like you mentioned it in your topic sentence, but never again!). Stop focusing on the "endgame" of corruption. Let ownership take you where it wants to take you. Revisit it here:

How did the ANIMALS feel about their relationship to the farm? It's a short book and Orwell addresses this specifically, multiple times. Even if that feeling is a lie, it impacts them.