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Surely it's 95.6897% ? It would be a mistake to simply call this "land reform" and confuse it with (e.g. Zimbabwe) while ignoring positive examples (e.g. Irela
by frabbit 9y ago
Surely it's 95.6897% ?
It would be a mistake to simply call this "land reform" and confuse it with (e.g. Zimbabwe) while ignoring positive examples (e.g. Ireland). It's a fundamentally different situation brought about by technological progress. The balance of benefits to society of having a risk-taking entrepreneur who is able to (often) produce a desired good and disperse some of the profit to employees is altered. A re-evaluation has become necessary. Ditto for many other industries.
- KGIII 9y agoIf I recall correctly, it was land reform that led to the potato famine being as devastating as it was. I'm not sure Ireland is a good example.
- frabbit 9y agoYou remember incorrectly. The famine was the result of laissez-faire capitalism (Wiki-1) combined with active discrimination against the majority Catholic population which explicitly interfered with the paternalist regulation of land in the interests of the majority. And Ireland is not the only EU nation with a history of positive land reform movements in the late 19th and early 20th century. -- Refs: Wiki-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Landlords_and_tenants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Landlor...
- jessaustin 9y agoShould tyrants really be praised for slightly moderating their tyranny? Ireland was happy and agriculturally productive for millennia before the Tudor Conquest. That the Plantation of Ulster was a slow-motion disaster, makes it no less a disaster.