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Re:Book Review: Progress and Poverty by snidane on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:12PM (#31374781)
Unlikely that georgist system would get adopted gradually. It never worked in history.

Denmark georgist party (Justice party of Denmark) never got a strong popular support. When they got some attention and implemented georgist policies, vested interests would take the new gains and roll the policies back, capturing the profits only for themselves.

There are pockets in the US which are adopting georgist policies out of desperation. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/3/6/non-glamorous-g...

The only model that was sustainable on a country level was Singapore and the eastern colonies like Hong Kong or Jiaozhou Bay.

Unless there is dire disperation or a threat of a bigger enemy attempting to swallow you, the population gets complacent and always goes back to the humanity default of trying to outcompete their immediate neighbors, instead of working together to survive the threat of the poverty or the surrounding enemy.

I admire your optimism. My hopes are that humanity gives georgism a chance this time. Instead of repeating the cycle by falling into yet another great war and then bringing prosperity back only as a post-war restoration.

Re:Book Review: Progress and Poverty by imtringued on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:12AM (#31376810)
Baden-Württemberg is adopting an LVT in Germany. It is just a matter of time until the co2 dividend is implemented.