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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by mcv on Thursday July 30, 2020 @07:44AM (#23996988)
Private ownership of land does take it away from the community. The problem is that we've gotten so used to everything being privately owned, that we've grown blind to the possibility of land not being owned by anyone and belonging to everybody.
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by Chris2048 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @09:41AM (#23997978)
Land that isn't private is still owned by the government, and maintained by taxes. I wouldn't say public land is belongs to everyone, so much as it belongs to no one - there are limits to what it can be used for e.g. can I build a house on such land?
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by baq on Thursday July 30, 2020 @10:33AM (#23998630)
this thread is about UBI, which is currently impossible without new laws, so why not look at what could be possible with new laws regarding land?
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by Chris2048 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:14PM (#23999872)
Go ahead.
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