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Neither of the above. Replace capitalism with geoism. Capitalism could not survive in a freed market, a market free of counterproductive taxes, addictive subsid
by geonomist 16y ago
Neither of the above. Replace capitalism with geoism. Capitalism could not survive in a freed market, a market free of counterproductive taxes, addictive subsidies, and nigh unlimited license (the corporate charter) to wreak havoc. People need to feel enough self-esteem to demand a share of the commonwealth, of all the money we all spend on all the nature we use. Then we could lock the hood on the economy.
- prodigal_erik 16y agoCapitalism is an entire scheme for running an economy, because it answers questions like: * How do we decide how many factories to operate? (A capitalist might bet that we need one more.) * How do we motivate the people who are needed to build and run them? (The capitalist hires them.) * Where do the raw materials come from? (The capitalist buys them.) * Who is entitled to have the end products? (The capitalist, and whoever he sells them to.) Geoism is merely a way to fund government; it doesn't make any of these other things happen. It also seems to make the burden fall disproportionately on organizations that use a lot of land, rather than using a lot of energy or people or any other asset. If we're going to ration something (which is all a property tax is) as a tactic, it should be energy, because we're more likely to run low on that than square feet of dirt.