> Funny how Guthrie's communist, anti-borders, anthem got co-opted by nationalists so far that they don't even understand the meaning There is a rich tradition

> Funny how Guthrie's communist, anti-borders, anthem got co-opted by nationalists so far that they don't even understand the meaning There is a rich tradition in classical liberalism on the universality of land, predating the ideas of communism/Marxism. For instance, see Thomas Paine's advocacy for a tax on ground rent [0]; so-called "absentee landlords" were associated with royal aristocracies and enclosure [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_Justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_Justice [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure