[rbecker]

Land tax also does not allow you to simply exist - you have to make a profit to pay the tax. You can't just grow your own food and ignore the economy. It also comes with perverse incentives, like opposing anything that might raise property values unless you want to sell.

Perhaps it's a uniquely American view, having no connection to the land you live on, looking at it as just an economic resource to be 'allocated'.

[dragandj]

Even in pre-civilised societies you couldn't simply exist. You didn't pay taxes, yet you also had to work hard to protect the land from intruders, or, heck, even had to bust your ass off to provide regular access to basic things such as water and food.

[mensetmanusman]

This. Nothing ever simply exists (entropy!).

Money in the bank changes in value. Investments in companies that go bang or bust. Ignoring a fruit plant that dies...

Change is the only constant in life.

[novok]

> like opposing anything that might raise property values unless you want to sell

Are you in America? Raising your property values is like a religion here.