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  • There is a curious tension between the prudence of conceiving a coherent plan versus the aspiration to foster a politics of participation.

    I am often criticized, when advocating for transformative change, for not proffering a vision. It seems everyone is expecting to be led, as though conditioned to be no more than a follower.

    It represents a profound challenge to transform our society away from adherence to fixed ideals and toward expression of individual agency.













  • It is meaningless to assert as an objective simply creating a society that is “better”.

    Further, not all leftists defend land commodification.

    Not all leftists defend markets.

    Not all leftists defend money.

    Not all leftists defend the state.

    Final objectives are less valuable than criticism of structure and strategies for transformation.

    As I have suggested, by my own characterization at least, the entry point for leftism is criticism of the class structure of society, embodied in the social construct of private property, that is, particular resources or assets being utilized socially but controlled privately.


  • What would you recommend instead or as a change?

    You objected that supply of produced food is sufficient for the whole population, though such is already explained in the brief text of the post.

    I explained that distribution is inequitable, to such a degree that many remain deprived, though such also was explained.

    You also objected that capitalism has never been implemented in practice, though the obvious motive of the post, within the context of a tradition of criticizing capitalism, lasting now for approximately two hundred years, is to discuss actual problems that have been ongoing.

    Indeed, the name for capitalism was given to describe a social system that had emerged, after it had emerged. If it never had emerged, then of course it never would have been identified or described.

    What problems are you finding now, located in the post itself?



  • Does Amazon manage warehouses, and if so, does it charge the warehouse to ensure efficient usage and to prevent mismanagement?

    Despite the differences that Amazon is private and hierarchical, should a different approach, respecting the question, be preferred for a system that is public and lateral?

    Is land tax a practice that was unknown before the emergence of Georgism, or that is supported exclusively by Georgists?


  • Are you referring to your question about my ideals or values, respecting distribution of benefit from land usage?

    I have framed the conversation around my skepticism that Georgism meaningfully contributes to leftism or functions as a leftist tendency.

    I feel the general subject is not bound to my personal feelings or preferences.

    Certainly, my characterization is that any movements or values are credibly leftist only if they at least express skepticism over any particular assets or resources, including lands, being utilized socially and also toward benefit that is private.