I feel like blocking/muting anyone who gleefully yells “Georgism!” the moment land is mentioned or “UBI!” the moment inequality is mentioned 😡
What are you, Amway people crossed with missionaries?
**Your favorite solution is not a goddamn map of the territory of the problem**
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In my defense, I have no dog in that fight. I wrote that because it sounded like you were fishing for that answer or not recalling the term. I suppose in retrospect it was a little "basic" for a reply to
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I think it’s even more important to qualify that response with people who are thinking their first thoughts on the subject
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People who aren't shouting about georgism have a character flaw or an information gap. Or they are just completely fucking exhausted, like me.
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2yrs ago I searched Yale syllabi for references to Georgism and it merited a single passing mention in a Shiller lecture where it was framed as some kind of ancient cult.
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Georgists believe that they're equivalent to modern Abolitionists, and tend to become as radical, strident, and shrill as they.
Of course, they're both equally correct.
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