I just found this sub because of this issue being questioned in another sub. More and more people are questioning the current inefficient and unfair system of land ownership. I think Georgism could be a good compromise on the issue of land ownership that works for everyone including businesses. https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/s/RNrRJuN9bm

Are there any studies on land values after a power grid is in place? It would seem similar to the classic railroad over desolate land play. #1 Own desolate land purchased extremely cheap. #2 Build a railroad over the land. #3 Reap land value windfalls over time. One modern example is Brightline HSR. They're a real-estate and transportation corp.

In particular, I'm interested in is an SMR in a remote location. See articles on the AKADEMIK LOMONOSOV in Pevek Harbor providing heat to the town and power to the grid.

Can someone explain to me the libertarian solution to the problem of externalizing costs? For example, if a factory externalizes costs by polluting, what exactly is the solution in the libertarian utopia?

I assume it's for private citizens to form corporations to detect the pollution and then... what? They can't enforce their will on the factory without violating the NAP, and if their answer is that negative externalities like pollution violate the NAP first, then logically all negative externalities do so which means private land ownership violates the NAP (at least without just compensation to those excluded) since it externalizes costs of goods and services, raises production costs, increases costs of living etc.

It really seems to me that non-geo libertarianisn falls apart from even the smallest bit of scrutiny.

But then I don't really interact with such people so I've no idea what they'd say and I get the sense that if I asked them I'd just get banned.

Jeff Bezos Owner of the Washington Post 20241028

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/

Article Summary: Bought a newspaper -- like any wealthy business person -- and is dismayed that no one will read it (or believe what he writes). To rub salt in his wounds, he is getting outcompeted by randos on the Internet. But by George, he plans on turning this ship around!

I assure you that my views here are, in fact, principled, and I believe my track record as owner of The Post since 2013 backs this up.

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While I do not and will not push my personal interest, I will also not allow this paper to stay on autopilot and fade into irrelevance — overtaken by unresearched podcasts and social media barbs — not without a fight. It’s too important. The stakes are too high.

Let's test Jeff's resolve by bombarding the Washington Post with research supporting LVT and other Georgist policies. Open invitation to spar.

By my understanding of LVT, there is the incentive by other businesses that are internet software based to run and inscribe to a country that doesn’t cap capital gains, labor or improvements in building by a LVT as they would make a fortune. But doesn’t being part of a country makes you pay LVT, or is it just the physical location?

So by the same logic we could have also a Cyberspace tax, for Software business that come into a already implemented LVT country/ society as this business don’t have the need to physically be in society but could take value from it without returning land rent? So NEO-GEORGISM would need to ask e-business being registered into its country to pay a cyber-tax as if they were on land/location in society ?

They had some merch I wanted. The website still shows up in Google, so I'm pretty sure this is the right link. I hope it's just a website configuration thing and not the organization closing its doors.

https://boingboing.net/2024/10/24/new-homeowners-try-to-privatize-a-road-near-walden-pond-that-pre-dates-u-s-founding.html These rentseekers literally tried to close off the trail Thoreau mentioned more than a little in Walden.

It would be great if we could get as many people as possible to debunk his posts. Fascists hijacking the term is the last thing we need right now.

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