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Re:Does Georgism work? Is land a big deal? by wrycoder on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:17AM (#29497565)
It is? It’s “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, not life, <deleted> and purported happiness under socialism, where you are assigned housing and a job.

Housing was guaranteed in the old Soviet Union, but if you didn’t cooperate, the housing was in the gulag.

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Re:Does Georgism work? Is land a big deal? by PickledHotdog on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:25AM (#29497651)
Your daily reminder that not everyone on the internet lives in the United States
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Re:Does Georgism work? Is land a big deal? by wrycoder on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:01PM (#29541464)
Yes, those values are universal, unless the powers that be manage to convince people otherwise.
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