I liked the piece overall but this does not make sense and should be removed:
Similar patterns exist in the control of other natural resources, as well as in certain digital platforms that function as “virtual land.”
The whole argument for land taxes rests on the unique nature of physical land on the planet Earth. We can’t make more land on Earth, more or less. Virtual “land” is completely different. We can make endless amounts of it more and more cheaply every day. Another unique aspect of land, that you can’t destroy it, also doesn’t apply to “virtual land”.
I suspect this is an attempt to shoehorn a grievance against certain social media companies but it makes no sense and confuses the whole argument. The problems around new forms of digital media should not be forced into the discussion around land taxes.
Mar 27
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