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Property in land - What are your thoughts on Georgist libertarianism? (mastodon.social)

submitted 6 months ago by jlou@mastodon.social to c/libertarian@sh.itjust.works

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Property in land - What are your thoughts on Georgist libertarianism?

The basic idea behind Georgism is that land and natural resources are not the fruits of anyone’s labor, so no one has a natural right to it. Georgism proposes based on this that collective ownership arrangements be applied to such resources. Geolibertarianism supports full private property rights in the products of labor.

https://youtu.be/smi_iIoKybg

What are your thoughts on this approach to natural resources?

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[–] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

I'm wholly opposed to the idea that the government cna just tax people out of their own houses and businesses, simply because they aren't making enough money compared to whatever bs valuation got tacked on to it. Not only is picking up and moving a major challenge for many people, Taxing things into economic efficiency entirely ignores that people assign non-monetary value to things. For instance, a childhood home or family farm. The government shouldnt be telling people that they don't matter, and they must either pay up or gtfo so some soulless businessman can optimize their property.