tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916689081082263495.post8550269895399649058..comments2024-03-12T00:14:05.461-07:00Comments on progressingamerica: Progressivism would not exist without Henry Georgeprogressingamericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17926524162867559025noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916689081082263495.post-69394926470567846132021-05-15T05:28:59.756-07:002021-05-15T05:28:59.756-07:00Henry George didn’t propose nationalizing land. He...Henry George didn’t propose nationalizing land. He proposed nationalizing the unimproved value of land (via a single tax) and doing away with other taxes. That’s it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836718549282157617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916689081082263495.post-12297278020847094362021-05-15T05:28:44.684-07:002021-05-15T05:28:44.684-07:00Henry George didn’t propose nationalizing land. He...Henry George didn’t propose nationalizing land. He proposed nationalizing the unimproved value of land (via a single tax) and doing away with other taxes. That’s it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836718549282157617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916689081082263495.post-82747312656981285912017-06-21T10:08:57.895-07:002017-06-21T10:08:57.895-07:00Not one syllable of this is intended nor results i...Not one syllable of this is intended nor results in claiming that Henry George was a bad man. He wasn't. Best I can tell, he was quite a good one. The problem is, once you start agitating for unlimited government, once you start agitating that government needs to nationalize this and nationalize that (Henry George was very well known for his agitations re: land nationalization), Pandora's Box can't be closed again. And that's why Georgism leads both to progressivism and to socialism, and does not lead to Liberty and limited government.<br /><br />If government can(or should) nationalize land, what can't it nationalize? Government can nationalize everything! That's Henry George's fatal flaw. From the progressive standpoint, if government can(or should) nationalize land, then surely it can regulate everything. We're not talking about full-scale ownership, we're only talking about regulating every aspect of your life. From the socialist standpoint, of course government can nationalize everything you hold dear; government is purity, government is life, government is sacred.progressingamericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926524162867559025noreply@blogger.com