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RE: Beyond the Capitalism/Socialism Dichotomy

Taxation IS theft.

Hoarding part of earth for yourself may be theft, but you have to tie some very interesting knots to show it so.

In your critiques you go pretty deep in some areas, and very shallow in others. You rarely got to the actual core of the problems.
i.e. A corporation externalizes costs while internalizing profits only happens because of the state. The state is the problem. Or the corporation as the state is even more of a problem.

Land ownership is a necessity for farming and manufacturing.
There is enough land for everyone.
So, the only case is who gets the most desired land for their use?
And in the near future, the desired land is about to be flipped on its head.
(even worse than that land in Hawaii that was very expensive last year is now a lava flow today)

Would love to see some better ideas on land ownership

https://steemit.com/taxes/@builderofcastles/property-tax-is-the-most-evil-tax-of-our-time

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You should check out "Progress and Poverty" by Henry George, which makes the case for land value tax. Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, William F. Buckley, George Bernard Shaw, and Michael Hudson, theorists and experts from both sides, have advocated LVT. Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, the American Founding Fathers supported the idea, and the original U. S. Constitution (Articles of Confederation) would have made land value tax the only tax (no income tax, no tariffs, no corporate tax).
You can even get a free copy of "Progress and Poverty" here: http://schalkenbach.org/freebook/