What, exactly, is socialism? Again this discussion seems necessary.

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  1. bringiton

    bringiton Well-Known Member

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    No. You have disingenuously misconstrued it.
    No. It uses the correct definition, not your absurdly broad and incorrect one.
    But unlike you, it does so correctly.
    But of incomparably greater value than anything you have said, because it describes the primary relationship of housing markets to land value.
    Again, that's just false.
    It will do as long as you can't answer it and therefore feel you have to make $#!+ up about it.
     
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    How gratifying that you continue to emit such completely despicable sewage.
    Because you cannot understand the difference between "rent shows up in capital gains," and "capital gains consist of rent."
    What an admirably accurate self-description.
    Which is presumably why you made it up.
    Yes, actually, it does, as does Marxism. But not all neoclassical economists buy into it.
    Which you deny because you hate justice.
    That amused me, as you consistently ignore others' identification of their views as not Georgist and falsely call them Georgists no matter how may times you are corrected on the matter.

    So, thank you for agreeing that you are a Marxist.
     
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    There is again no content in your replies. The paper does indeed refer to enfeebled Georgism. The paper does indeed refer to the need to include capital gains to try and suggest relevance. The paper does indeed have an undeveloped understanding of housing and its links with poverty. The paper does indeed provide no empirical analysis to indicate LVT relevance.

    Facts aren't very kind to you.
     
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    No content, not even flowery effort at put down. You even failed to undertake basic quoting. Tut tut.

    Understanding Georgism isnt difficult. The research into its failures is well known, generating a near consensus that the role of Georgists is secondary and focused on aspects of environmental economics. Even then I'm not convinced they will amount to much. International political economy, for example, is much more insightful for understanding the climate emergency.
     
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    But is impossible for those who refuse to know facts, like you.
    The what?? Sorry, you just disqualified yourself from serious discussion again.
     
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    Again, sneers at Georgism but no content from you.
     
  7. Reiver

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    How can that list of facts be classified at sneers (unless of course you're tacitly admitting that Georgist rant struggles in the facts stakes)? Think more before you type.
     
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    Your sneers aren't facts.
     
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    Here are the facts that you dodge: The paper does indeed refer to enfeebled Georgism. The paper does indeed refer to the need to include capital gains to try and suggest relevance. The paper does indeed have an undeveloped understanding of housing and its links with poverty. The paper does indeed provide no empirical analysis to indicate LVT relevance.
     
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    Marxist rant offers no actual substance. It defines itself into existence but has insufficient real world foundation to rest upon.
     
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    You've changed your tune! I thought you liked bringiton. Perhaps, after he celebrated the Marxist finance capitalism, you've jumped ship?

    Also see which of my facts about that paper are wrong. Bet you can't reject any of them ;)
     
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    You haven't even been able to get simple causal relationships correct despite us repeatedly pointing out your logical error that rent showing up in capital gain =/= capital gain must be rent, and that in all circumstances. Yet you pretend that you have some kind of "gotcha" because of your misinterpretation of what that paper says. The paper was written by someone who used to be director of the Robert Schalkenbach foundation. I'm fairly certain that either a) You haven't read it sufficiently, b) you do not have the capacity to understand it sufficiently to make rational comment, c) are lying about it, or d) a mixture of all three of these factors. I'm not very keen on participating in what will no doubt be some sort of roundabout of unsubstantiated claims where all your claims rest upon is the previous unsubstantiated claims with no actual underlying foundation to rest upon. You essentially just claim "I'm right because I'm right" in a drawn out bloviated manner.
     
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    I've referred directly to an economic source that referred to capital gains as rent. It was just super-lovely that bringiton, despite you whining otherwise, also referred to a paper that said Georgism is irrelevant without reference to capital gains.

    Gosh, you do like to whinge and whine. I've given the facts:

    "The paper does indeed refer to enfeebled Georgism. The paper does indeed refer to the need to include capital gains to try and suggest relevance. The paper does indeed have an undeveloped understanding of housing and its links with poverty. The paper does indeed provide no empirical analysis to indicate LVT relevance"

    Try disputing them ;)

    Hint: You can't as they are facts. Bit of a bleedin clue!
     
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    I did no such thing and you know it. You are a disgrace.
    Every one of your claims is false.
     
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    Come now, don't dodge: Get critiquing my list of facts: "The paper does indeed refer to enfeebled Georgism. The paper does indeed refer to the need to include capital gains to try and suggest relevance. The paper does indeed have an undeveloped understanding of housing and its links with poverty. The paper does indeed provide no empirical analysis to indicate LVT relevance"

    At least the other fellow pretended to do that.
     
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    Neither did capitalism for the first 50 years.
     
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    How can you compare Marxism and capitalism?

    Weird! Marxism, for example, is needed to understand phenomenon in capitalism. Its a means to understand. Capitalism is just a means to exploit.
     
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    Those are false claims, not facts. False claims advanced without evidence are rightly dismissed without evidence.
     
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    Critique it then: "The paper does indeed refer to enfeebled Georgism. The paper does indeed refer to the need to include capital gains to try and suggest relevance. The paper does indeed have an undeveloped understanding of housing and its links with poverty. The paper does indeed provide no empirical analysis to indicate LVT relevance". Good luck ;)
     
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    It's a category error: one would have to compare socialism and capitalism, or Marxism and neoclassical economics (capitalism's PR firm).
    No, it can only prevent understanding of phenomena in capitalism.
    See? Slavery is just a means to exploit. Capitalism also has other important effects, such as incentives, allocation and production superior to those obtaining under socialism, feudalism, etc., so it is not just a means to exploit.
     
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    False claims advanced without evidence are rightly dismissed without evidence. Those are all positive claims, so the burden of proof is on you. You will not be discharging it.
     
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    You've got a short memory. Efficiency wages? Back to Marxist analysis. New Institutionalist Property rights? Back to Marx.

    What a ramble! Couldn't you even try a positive analysis such as Schumpeter? You rights are so so glum.
     
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    Back to your dodge? How dull! I stated facts: "The paper does indeed refer to enfeebled Georgism. The paper does indeed refer to the need to include capital gains to try and suggest relevance. The paper does indeed have an undeveloped understanding of housing and its links with poverty. The paper does indeed provide no empirical analysis to indicate LVT relevance". Dispute them if you can. Try not to go for childish tantrum?
     
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    False claims advanced without evidence are rightly dismissed without evidence.
     
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    I've given statement of facts. The paper does indeed refer to enfeebled Georgism. The paper does indeed refer to the need to include capital gains to try and suggest relevance. The paper does indeed have an undeveloped understanding of housing and its links with poverty. The paper does indeed provide no empirical analysis to indicate LVT relevance.

    That you argue against facts shows just how pointless your argument has become.
     

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