[–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

Unless your proposal is something that the owners of the means of production want, it’s not going to happen

Assuming you believe in democracy, can't democracy prevent abuses of power? Aren't the means of production limited by demand? Like they have to make something people really want? So what's an example of something bad that they couldn't do in socialism? Maybe we agree that bureaucracies will squander wealth, but then a ubi from the revenue solves that

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    Hello! What are good socialist critiques of georgism?

    Let's assume for the sake of argument georgism involves:

    -shifting to only taxing inelastic supply items like the unimproved value of land and other simular things like co2eq and radio bands at whatever rate you prefer.

    -No taxes on elastic supply items like income, sales, value added, property improvements, estate taxes, etc.

    -no seizing the means of production nor outlawing trade

    -tax revenue being used for whatever you prefer

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    I'd appreciate any insight ppl can offer, especially relative to mullvad VPN: could a casual privacy valuer benefit from this over mullvad now or in the future?

    Has anyone seen this one listed on VPN comparison sites?

    Same:

    They take straight monero and generate accounts from no personal info

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    [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    Thank you for the answer. Bingo: I have absolutely exposed myself to a lot of right media. As they would may want me to ask: aee isn't a government that charges a 100% income tax bigger than one that charges a 50% one? I agree "big" isn't well-defined, but I'm trying to get at the idea of a gov having a bigger influence on its subjects' lives.

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