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How are devolved local states equivalent to private landlords? States capture land value via land tax and socialise this. Private landlords capture it and keep
by branchless 9y ago
How are devolved local states equivalent to private landlords? States capture land value via land tax and socialise this. Private landlords capture it and keep it.
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- thaumasiotes 9y agoAre you referring to a feudal lord as a "private landlord" or a "devolved local state"? Both would be more or less fully appropriate. "Devolved local state" is slightly more accurate than "private landlord", because unlike a landlord in a more commercialized society, a feudal lord was not legally able to sell the land he owned. He was legally able to govern it.
- branchless 9y agoMy interest is that the feudal lord was living off the backs of others. The state taxing land to build hospitals is not the same thing.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoLords often got their start in lording by building a bridge.
- rexpop 9y agoI would read the heck out of a book that purported this.
- rexpop 9y agoYou might enjoy Stop, Thief!: The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17802312-stop-thief https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17802312-stop-thief