Social Georgism
"Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil."
Social Georgism is an economically centre-left to left-wing and culturally variable (though typically left-leaning) ideology combining the Georgist idea of a land value tax, (often as the primary source of public revenue), with the desire for a sustainable and highly developed welfare state.
Social Georgism is in essence a variant of Georgism which broadly covers most of the left wing of said movement, though primarily centre-left, closely linked to
Social Democracy (though not exclusively Social Democratic). Any Georgists considering themselves left wing could potentially add the "Social" prefix, even though some of the rather specific ones have their own more or less fleshed out definitions, namely
Geosyndicalism.
Georgism itself could be considered quite "social", however, the movement has always had a divide between strongly libertarian types and more statist labour activists. Social Georgism would tend to attract the latter kind; generally, though not always, people favouring using the taxes collected through LVT to fund welfare provided by the state rather than a citizen's dividend.
Very early on, Social Georgism got a child with Civic Nationalism in China, called
Tridemism, and they in turn almost succeeded in realising their shared ideals before they were thwarted by
Maoism.
Variants
Social Authoritarian Georgism
Social Authoritarian Georgism (also known as Geo-Social Authoritarianism or Social Authoritarian Geoism) is the center-left to left-wing and culturally variable (though usually center-left) child of Social Authoritarianism and Social Georgism. Policies GeoSocAuths favor include:
The taxing away or socialization of all land rents.
The socialization of other natural resources (e.g., social wealth funds).
Welfare programs to tackle or eradicate poverty and inequality.
A well-regulated mixed economy, though some flirt with
socialism.
Trade unions, including
sectoral bargaining.
A strong authoritarian government to implement these policies.
The most notable example of this is Sun Yat-Sen Thought, especially later on as he and the KMT embraced
authoritarian policies.
Personality
SocGeo often attempts to compromise between different ideas, trying to reason with both left and right in an attempt to defend and advocate for the idea of a mixed economy while socializing the land values, to strengthen both the society, free enterprise, and the return to labor.
She's also strongly opposed to privatisation of vital public infrastructure and unregulated exploitation of natural resources.
Depending what mood she's in, she can draw varying degrees of inspiration from her parent Social Democracy and their other relatives on that side of the family.
How to Draw
- Draw a ball.
- Fill it with red.
- Draw a green rose in the bottom.
- Cut it in half and fill the top/left with gold.
- Add the eyes and you're done!
Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
---|---|---|---|
Red | #CC0000 | rgb(204, 0, 0) | |
Green | #04D444 | rgb(4, 212, 68) | |
Gold | #FFDB28 | rgb(255, 219, 40) |
Relations
Friends
Social Democracy - I'm really happy about the welfare state you created! ^^
Georgism - ...and you came up with the best way to fund our public expenses!
Geosyndicalism - Best buddy. Even more into (tenant) unions than I am!
Steiner-Vallentyne School - Me, but libertarian. Based!
Tridemism - Your second and third principles are great, my child!
Social Libertarianism - We're fairly similar, if only you took the LVT pill.
Social Liberalism - Honestly, I might be able to work with this.
Nordic Model - Denmark's LVT is pretty based.
Environmentalism - Yes, we need a sustainable society!
Democratic Socialism - We both love Jawaharlal Nehru and nationalizing land/natural resources.
Frenemies
Geolibertarianism - Doesn't like my model of the state, but at least we agree about a tax shift, right?
Geoanarchism - Wow, really doesn't like my model of the state. But you are still a fellow georgist, and some of your variants are left wing, so I can't entirely hate you.
Marxism - If only they had acknowledged that economic rent was the most important thing to socialize...
Neoliberalism - They're not as bad as I like to paint them before elections, but they really should take off those silly sunglasses and have some more equitable economical ideas.
Third Way - I really want to like you, but you've often emboldened
his rent-seeking behavior, like when
Tony Blair privatized utilities and other natural monopolies.
Enemies
Anarcho-Capitalism - Rent-seeker...
Marxism–Leninism - Please, no more tanks!
Maoism - Please calm down.
Conservatism - Lackey of the rich!
Further Information
- LabourLand.org
- Earth Sharing.org
- "Land Value Taxation: from proposition to practical policy" by
Mark Drakeford
Videos
Online communities
Gallery
- ↑ Pallbearers of the Tyrants by
Gavin Faulkner
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A King of Shreds and Patches by
Gavin Faulkner
- ↑ There Are No Neutrals There by
Gavin Faulkner
- ↑ A Saint Within the Wretch by
Gavin Faulkner
- ↑ "Some Americans, including ones as prominent as Henry Ford, Helen Keller, and Alexander Graham Bell, began championing eugenics — an unproven and small minded, twisted ideology arguing that genetically 'inferior' people should be sterilized to prevent offspring with undesirable traits."