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True, you also need to cap house and land prices.
by bombolo 3y ago
True, you also need to cap house and land prices.
- orangepurple 3y agoWhile we're at it the government should set fixed prices for everything and for maximum efficiency they should also control the rate of production. We can call our nation the Democratic People's Republic of Soviet States.
- bombolo 3y agoA nation that went from middle ages to the space age in 50 years, and where the standard of living went up immensely? Sounds better than the current situation where the trends are reversed.
- ms4720 3y agoGulags are good?
- reisse 3y agoGiven the US incarceration rate now, it'd be not far from truth to say that US is having its own Gulag moment. Just without other Soviet benefits.
- dh2022 3y agoYou really should emigrate to North Korea. (Of course you will not do that, everyone is a hero on the internet.)
- bombolo 3y agoI'm not sure how bad north korea really is. Because, despite what you may think, we do get propaganda. See how every single time a ransomware hits a company it's always russia/iran/north korea sending it? Do you really think there are no criminals in the rest of the world trying to make some quick money? Or, notice how ukraine went from "nazi shithole" to "beacon of freedom and democracy" once the war started? To know how things really are behind the propaganda is basically impossible. > Of course you will not do that, everyone is a hero on the internet Well most people don't speak korean…
- bombolo 3y agoYou advocate for a society without jails? I mean it'd be great but is it really feasible?
- dwallin 3y agoNo, you just need a properly set land value tax to discourage simple rent seeking behavior from driving up the price of land / housing.
- dh2022 3y agoThere are taxes on land - at least in Seattle they are part of the property taxes (according to the stub King County sends me every year). But I guess it is not properly enough for you... I am guessing is too low for your probably....