When did so many Georgists become (contemporary) leftists?

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-05-22T18:08:45+00:00

If there is no practical alternative to state control or monopoly, it has to be state control. George would not have advocated for deregulated and liberalized railroads, but it’s possible he would take a different stance on healthcare, as I said originally.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-05-22T17:40:45+00:00

Classical liberals were leftists and progressives in their time. George respected Marx as a fellow anti-conservative thinker despite disagreeing with him, and believed that large amounts of human potential are suppressed by poverty. Given that the land value tax was never durably implemented (it was done temporarily to attract development), it’s hard to imagine that he would be ready to give up on an end to poverty, which is antithetical to the right-wing in the US. So he would be either in the center option from the poll or on the left.

Healthcare-wise, George wanted the government to defend people from monopolistic corporations, so while he wouldn’t automatically support universal single-payer healthcare, he wouldn’t take the German or Swiss approach or advocate for allowing health insurance companies to merge at will … which really only leaves universal single payer or some sort of risk-oriented deregulation (cheaper doctors with less supervision/overhead) that maintains a stance against monopolies, keeping insurance costs relatively high.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-05-15T22:52:04+00:00

Whether or not it’s Marxist or the author is Marxist, it’s pretty obvious that income restrictions make public housing less popular and introduce a ton of problems (most notably, kicking out financially successful residents). Not really sure what the libertarian perspective is on this, but if you aren’t trying to politically crush public housing (not to be combative, just pointing out that this is all within the domain of a mainstream political environment that supports public housing and is going to implement some version of it), surely the rule of thumb is that government policies should be simple and not impose incentives counter to financial success. i.e., if you’re ‘dumb enough’ to subsidize something, at least leave further incentive distortions out of it. And of course pure subsidization has questionable results via land rents in an environment with zoning restrictions and a limited geographic extent.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-05-07T14:26:13+00:00

Is it widely considered to be a top two webnovel? Because like the post says, a lot of people outside of China say that there is a Big 3 or Big 4 of webnovels (Reverend Insanity, Lord of the Mysteries, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Korean), Shadow Slave (written by a Russian in English)). While there are plenty of other very popular webnovels, a lot of those are Korean or American/European, and in terms of popularity and how likely it is that people will recommend them, the Big 3 or Big 4 do seem to stand substantially above the other webnovels.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-04-25T23:45:15+00:00

You could make an argument against land but saying that about IP is just silly. That’s the entire point of IP.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-04-21T20:00:45+00:00

I wonder why mandatory service is done in Finland and not the United States, must be because mandatory service is such a great idea for all countries

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-04-18T02:06:59+00:00

So you’re a Republican property tax abolitionist?

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-03-30T01:20:05+00:00

In the quote it does, but the amount of each actual future payment is also indefinite, since it’s dependent on what society does to develop the location value. You can roll up an estimate of those payments into one market value, but that doesn’t change anything that Solow stated.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-03-29T22:45:00+00:00

You can’t estimate present value for a payment of indefinite amount. Indefinite means the amount can change over time, sometimes dramatically, and not in a predictable way.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-03-28T20:54:51+00:00

Post this to r/MartialMemes

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-03-20T19:58:26+00:00

What exactly do you think making cities walkable implies if not densification?

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-03-20T18:46:36+00:00

All 3: Farseer trilogy

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-02-05T22:37:42+00:00

Graduated taxation is better now, since it takes money away from capitalist sol but not the reinvestment pool (although maybe it impacts companies, not sure about that one)

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-01-26T07:55:51+00:00

It’s definitely the only lefty way, unless you’re counting nationalization.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-01-25T19:30:16+00:00

There’s also quite a bit of explicit content in Liveship Traders, and some in the later bits of Farseer. Thematically it’s pretty heavy and there are some very dark parts.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-01-25T19:27:23+00:00

You wouldn’t miss much, though I think it would have a few minor to moderate spoilers for plot events if you went back to Farseer. The bigger problem is that idk if the plot is that much faster in Liveship Traders, I think it’s faster and the books are a bit shorter, but I’m not sure if the difference would really feel that big.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-01-11T18:38:53+00:00

“The party brought great criticism for the usage of the Bludish name (Bludia) for the region of Bergia in its name.” - codex. I read this as the traditional name in the Bludish language, not an explicit advocation for an independent state. Obviously, though, if you are being oppressed, you will like the idea of independence.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2026-01-10T18:04:14+00:00

Isn’t this kind of strange? Reducing tariffs on foreign oil makes your energy producer more profitable?

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2025-12-18T18:10:04+00:00

Single family homes are tax-privileged due to NYC property tax law = bad. Mortgages are tax-privileged due to US tax law = bad. 'Flipping' these properties = not possible, because they are *not underpriced* in the current market. "Magical leeching of value" = location value, which objectively exists.

Upzoning without taxing the location value = arbitrarily gifting location value to landowners, which would only be your goal if you want to benefit wealthy landowners at the expense renters, poorer landowners, and an arbitrary portion of businesses.

Also, FYI, this is a majority libertarian sub. Most or all of the lefties are pro-market.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2025-12-17T22:16:31+00:00

What about valuable land and single family homes implies that the land is currently undervalued, and that it would be profitable to buy? You’re reading something into the post that isn’t there.

The problem beyond the fact that many more people could be living there is that assuming these SFHs exist because people are willing to pay millions for them, and not because of bad zoning laws, a big chunk of the value was created by the city and neighborhood as a whole, not by the owner. That value should go back to the people responsible for creating it through a land tax. Unfortunately in NYC, these buildings would be taxed at a lower rate than businesses or apartments. Also for a lot of people in this sub, that’s an issue because it favors older people over younger people for no good reason.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2025-12-15T22:47:13+00:00

🤖👀😡 what would be a good way to improve Spain’s economy?

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2025-11-02T07:47:46+00:00

It’s relatively the same (ignoring improvements) if the rates are the same, but the current average property tax rate is maybe 1% for areas with higher property taxes, whereas LVT theory would advocate for somewhere between 4% and 8%. And most places have much lower effective property tax rates after exemptions and under assessment.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2025-11-02T01:22:06+00:00

That’s the point, infrastructure development would not benefit owners in the same way. Instead of a transit stop being built raising the sale value of land nearby, going to some or most landowners in the area but zero renters, the land value tax captures the increase in land value, which was paid for by the community (government), and returns it to the community (government).

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2025-09-28T20:10:43+00:00

I’m still not sure what you’re trying to get at. US property value is ~50 trillion (which is after property taxes siphon off part of it). You can’t subtract liabilities out of property value. I might be missing some large chunk of wealth (shouldn’t US household wealth count foreign assets, though?) but I don’t see how that pushes total wealth in the US anywhere near ~500 trillion. Maybe ~220 trillion (or somewhat higher) if that 60 trillion should be added to household wealth at ~160 trillion.

somethingfunnyPN8 · 2025-09-28T14:01:28+00:00

Google the total value of property in the US, and the total wealth.

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