Land value tax in online games and virtual worlds

Re:Land value tax in online games and virtual worlds by _heimdall on Friday June 14, 2024 @12:12PM (#40682072)

Are governments really protecting our land borders in that situation though, or protecting their monopoly such that they are the only ones who can take it from us? Governments can absolutely protect our borders, my only issue is that it should be universal and governments should also be ensuring that even they can't strip us of land that we own based on the existing laws and social contracts that are fundamental to our society.

I totally agree that land ownership is propped up on by social contracts, and that we have institutions meant to enforce those contract. I'd be okay with getting rid of land ownership entirely if it also meant getting rid of all those centralized powers that are supposed to defend it but sometimes do the opposite.

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Re:Land value tax in online games and virtual worlds by jimkleiber on Friday June 14, 2024 @03:40PM (#40684264)

Because of what you said, I'm starting to think about human rights and how governments also provide services to protect citizens from others and yet, if I don't pay any tax as a citizen, often the government still provides those services to me, because it's not just for my benefit but the benefit of the community.

So I wonder if this is kinda what you meant about still guaranteeing those rights as property as well.

And also, if i understand correct, youre saying that you just want the governments to abide by the social contracts and laws that exist to protect these land rights, not revoke them, correct?

I think i may really enjoy a proper conversation with you about this and I struggle sometimes in these long HN chains to learn and reply.

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