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False equivalence - Lenin would have said all land is to be owned by the state. This is arguing for increased taxation of idle assets. Society writ large benef

False equivalence - Lenin would have said all land is to be owned by the state. This is arguing for increased taxation of idle assets. Society writ large benefits. Think about the people who can't think of starting a company now because it's too expensive to live here in Silicon Valley. Never mind the teachers and nurses and firefighters who are needed to make for a well-rounded society.

freedomben 9y ago
Why must a company be started in silicon valley? There are other cities and countries with lower cost of living and more of a socio-economic balance. This comment feels californo-centric to me.
trhway 9y ago
>False equivalence - Lenin would have said all land is to be owned by the state. A major point of "Das Kapital" is the extraction of value by property owners due to mere fact of being an owner of that property when somebody else's use of the said property produces the said value. Lenin in the phrase i cited states his view that land is the main domain where conflict of interests between such rent-seeking owners and efficient users of the land leads to and must be addressed by revolution. State ownership of land, by the virtue of outright elimination of rentiers and making everybody a renter from state, is obviously the ultimate approach to whatever issues are [perceived to be] stemming from such rent-seeking. LVT is a mild version of that approach as it doesn't eliminates rentiers, it just makes them into renters of their land from state - "economic rent of land" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent
- not_that_noob 9y ago
  cc https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/30/Appeal-to-Extremes https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla...

freedomben 9y ago

Why must a company be started in silicon valley? There are other cities and countries with lower cost of living and more of a socio-economic balance. This comment feels californo-centric to me.

trhway 9y ago

>False equivalence - Lenin would have said all land is to be owned by the state. A major point of "Das Kapital" is the extraction of value by property owners due to mere fact of being an owner of that property when somebody else's use of the said property produces the said value. Lenin in the phrase i cited states his view that land is the main domain where conflict of interests between such rent-seeking owners and efficient users of the land leads to and must be addressed by revolution. State ownership of land, by the virtue of outright elimination of rentiers and making everybody a renter from state, is obviously the ultimate approach to whatever issues are [perceived to be] stemming from such rent-seeking. LVT is a mild version of that approach as it doesn't eliminates rentiers, it just makes them into renters of their land from state - "economic rent of land" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent

not_that_noob 9y ago
cc https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/30/Appeal-to-Extremes https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla...