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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.t
by 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 agoI agree with everything you wrote, but you didn’t answer the question: what is the alternative?