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You don't have to give everybody 10 acres of land, and in any case, not every 10 acres is as valuable as every other. You can let everybody rent their land, ac
by crdoconnor 9y ago
You don't have to give everybody 10 acres of land, and in any case, not every 10 acres is as valuable as every other.
You can let everybody rent their land, according to its value from the state and distribute the income equally. That way the land will be used efficiently.
The incentives that creates are better than the incentives we have right now. Either you pay eye watering rents to the state to live in a house on the immensely valuable land of downtown San Francisco or you yield the land to a property developer who will build high rises that will match the massive demand there is for people to live there.
There are more (and better) solutions to the tragedy of the commons than just privatizing everything and, as we can see, people don't necessarily take care of the things they do own. Anti-dumping laws exist for a reason.