“Hail, Théoden son of Thengel! I have returned. For behold! the storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly be destroyed.”
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Feb 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
This argument boils down to “LVT isn’t good because it sounds too simple and won’t be implemented because of NIMBYs”
First, yes, the argument for LVT is simple. Lots of people have a bias against simple solutions, which they feel can’t possibly address complex problems. That’s simply wrong; sometimes simple solutions do work and their simplicity isn’t a reason to discount them.
Jun 1, 2022 • 33 tweets • 9 min read
Some people have been asking- "Who is this guy? Why should anyone care about someone with two first names?"
A thread on Henry George and the Single Taxers, the most important historical movement you've probably never heard of🧵
1/ Today, few people know who Henry George is. Yet during his own lifetime up through the early 20th century, he was a ubiquitous figure whose writing inspired a generation of political reformers across the world to fight for more democratic government and for a
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