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2025-07-09 04:01:12

Emmanuel Florac

wazoox@diasp.eu

#economics #politics

J.S. Mill was a georgist before George :)

Boz Pity 2025-07-09 10:32:18

Carter Braxton

techriot@hub.natehiggers.org

@Emmanuel Florac When the entire community, however that may be defined geographically, holds the title then who does the land now belong to? The state?

2025-07-09 11:06:12

Emmanuel Florac

wazoox@diasp.eu

@Carter Braxton there are different possible approaches. You may have a "use-based property" : the land's owner is whoever uses it. If you live in a house, its yours. If you till a field, it's yours. That's not unlike what the pioneers did... Of course the moment you leave a property unused, it's up for grabs, to whoever needs it.

There's also Geolibertarianism which is interesting. I had a good paper about this somewhere but I can't find it at the moment, and the geolibs website disappeared eons ago. Generally speaking I quite like Georgism overall.

State ownership is fine for unused land such as natural parks. Obviously it doesn't work well for productive uses.