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How would you pay the rent for your home in your theoretical world without working a job? You’re paying to live no matter what. At least when you own something

How would you pay the rent for your home in your theoretical world without working a job? You’re paying to live no matter what. At least when you own something you have something to show for your labor. Also, I think there’s a lot of truth to the old adage: “buy real estate, they’re not making any more of it.”

tristor 4y ago
- wing-_-nuts 4y ago
  Funny I didn't read anything in GP's comment that supports this assertion, care to quote or are you simply being nasty?
EGreg 4y ago
That was talking about land, and Georgists were discussing creating one land tax. How many Americans own land? What is the distribution? Oh yeah: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/05/bill-gates-climate-crisis-farmland https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/05/bill-g... Money is the new land. They are making more of it but they know everyone needs it, and the banking system has a monopoly on it. The “American Dream” was promoted was a way to get the plebs to take out large mortgages (to finance home construction, etc.) and be nice little workers and pay it off (this creates demand for the bank’s finance products and by extension the dollar). At least back then, only one parent worked long hours for corporations, because the culture mostly had women be homemakers and raise kids. Once both sexes started flooding the labor market, wages got repressed and corporations started promoting a new “Lean in” version of the “American Dream” to the men AND women… now everyone’s self-worth and satisfaction was supposed to be determined by climbing the corporate ladder: https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=286 https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=286 Look at these modern ads specifically to US Americans, making them PROUD of how little free time they have… they don’t even try to hide it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 This doesn’t lead to more happiness for the population, as measured.
- atwood22 4y ago
  I agree with everything you wrote, but you didn’t answer the question: what is the alternative?

tristor 4y ago

wing-_-nuts 4y ago
Funny I didn't read anything in GP's comment that supports this assertion, care to quote or are you simply being nasty?

EGreg 4y ago

That was talking about land, and Georgists were discussing creating one land tax. How many Americans own land? What is the distribution? Oh yeah: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/05/bill-gates-climate-crisis-farmland https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/05/bill-g... Money is the new land. They are making more of it but they know everyone needs it, and the banking system has a monopoly on it. The “American Dream” was promoted was a way to get the plebs to take out large mortgages (to finance home construction, etc.) and be nice little workers and pay it off (this creates demand for the bank’s finance products and by extension the dollar). At least back then, only one parent worked long hours for corporations, because the culture mostly had women be homemakers and raise kids. Once both sexes started flooding the labor market, wages got repressed and corporations started promoting a new “Lean in” version of the “American Dream” to the men AND women… now everyone’s self-worth and satisfaction was supposed to be determined by climbing the corporate ladder: https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=286 https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=286 Look at these modern ads specifically to US Americans, making them PROUD of how little free time they have… they don’t even try to hide it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 This doesn’t lead to more happiness for the population, as measured.

atwood22 4y ago
I agree with everything you wrote, but you didn’t answer the question: what is the alternative?