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by 411111111111111 1306 days ago
So you’d prefer thank our benevolent landlords for being so kind as to grant us temporary use of their lands to toil for their benefit.

Your argument makes no sense, regardless wherever the proposed solution would work

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No, I was saying the idea of using solely LVT to fund the government is exactly what feudalism was. Unless you were in the ruling class, things didn’t go too well. Why would it work now when our public servants already lord their limited power over the populous? I’d rather have a monopolist who is theoretically bound by the same rules and laws as I am own the land than an entity with an army or a monopoly on violence.
> * So you’d prefer thank our benevolent landlords for being so kind as to grant us temporary use of their lands to toil for their benefit.*

In many countries you know you can buy property?