what would happen then?

I don't think the issue is with "rich" people, but with the uber wealthy. Multimillionaires are closer to homeless people in wealth than they are to Bezos. Bezos and Musk owning as much as the bottom 40% of America is disgusting

The problem is the capitalist class as a whole

Capitalism allowed those two to amass that wealth, so it's definitely the problem. I'm js I think a common misconception of socialism is that people automatically think everybody lives in squalor and people aren't allowed to be "well off"

You are not allowed to be well off... and in order for socialism to work you would have to strip people of their property.

That's a myth used to deligiitimize and discredit socialism. As far as land ownership, no one would need to own land if everyone had access to land. You could argue that those with access to coastal areas would be at a disadvantage, but if everyone started with the same economic opportunities, more people would sacrifice good weather for seclusion.

All the current and past communist states were myths too. Its a ll a big myth

well I think hes just pointing out its an unfair characterization, isnt really backed by credible evidence in most cases

plus look at conditions in countries like america these days

but in order for socialism to work you would have to strip people of their property.

"no one would need to own land"
land is part of what makes you well off. What you are advocating for is crazy to me. even after the bloodshed and taking people's property. It doesnt seem to well thought out

america is great i can own own land a house(s) businesses cars. it is what you make it 🤷‍♂️

under socialism only way for it to work is take peoples property. and yall avoid how you would get it to start all the time. especially global socialism like some of yall want.

What's crazy to me is human beings exchanging pieces of paper, or 1s and 0s in computers that don't actually exist, for areas of dirt on a floating space rock. The earth literally gives us all we need and we chose to create money and bills

its my area of dirt 😤

land actually has value.

money is just what they make it. they could just print more and we could have a billion dollar bill like in some countries.

Land does not have value

idk
is there any benefit?

Yes

name them :birdman:

You get rid of the oppressive chains of the capitalist. More ownership of your labor, dont have to worry about your basic survival everyday

Land does have value. It's a factor of production. Some areas of land have more undeveloped value than others.

Land value tax is considered an efficient tax

saying this doesn't make it true

Land has value only if you work the land, because a random patch of dirt isn't gonna do anything for you.

land usually has price, which is a different concept from value.

Read Capital

Capital isn't hard fact. So many of his premises are not falsifiable

I could say the same to you RE progress and poverty

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Do i detect a hint of Popper in the air?