• zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    3 years ago

    Today, Georgism as a political movement has stagnated like a vacant lot. But one day, we believe, people will see Georgist taxation as not only economically efficient but morally righteous.

    Henry George: “These fat cats are a real problem. Someone should really put a bell on them.”

    One Century Later, on Wired: “Henry George was a genius and we are confident that one day someone is going to get around to that whole Belling The Cat idea.”

  • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]@hexbear.net
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    3 years ago

    If there’s one thing I can get behind with Neoliberalism, it’s their infatuation for Georgist rhetoric. Land should not be an appreciating asset on its own, put it to work you greedy capitalist pig or lose your worth

    • GenXen [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      3 years ago

      Basically what he’s proposing is a slightly modified version of feudalism. Which is actually more akin to communism than most people realize. Communism was in effect a centralized all encompassing form of feudalism.

      :very-intelligent: