I meme about this, but Twain and George actually interacted with each other and Twain might've been supportive of Georgist ideas; especially since Georgist ideas were booming in popularity from the publishing of P&P to the end of Twain's lifetime.

I noticed that some people use this flair, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to be different from socialism given land would already be owned by the state under such a system.

In my mind, income derived from financial chicanery does not produce real economic productivity for the majority of the working population - why are we not talking about taxing this economic industry (which has ballooned since the 90's) to incentivize real economic activity?

Our worldview must change. What you can do.

What say we heal the planet and spread prosperity, eliminating want as a cause for war and oppression. Sound good? Ironically, people who want to change society ignore how society changes.

There is a reform powerful enough to deliver “eco-librium” and abundance. It follows from understanding property better. What’s yours, what’s mine, what’s ours?

Historically, owing is what legitimized ownership. Conversely, society has no legitimate claim to one’s labor or output.

A COMPASS OF SUCCESS

Policies based on those axioms—property non-taxed and owners compensating those displaced—succeed:

✅ Quit subsidies, particularly corporate welfare. When Germany defunded coal somewhat, it cleansed some atmosphere.

✅ Quit taxing work and investment. When Denmark briefly did that, efficiency skyrocketed.

✅ Instead, recover the rental value of land, oil, patents, corporate charters, etc—assets not created by anyone’s labor or capital. When Taiwan taxed land, it ended hunger and became an Asian Tiger.

✅ With that annual largesse, pay a Citizens Dividend, a la Alaska or Singapore.

For a majority to accept “geonomic” policies, first a handful of visionaries mobilizes, then grows into a critical mass, which shifts the property paradigm—a tough row to hoe. But feasible. Almost everybody favors “eco-librium”, widespread prosperity, and user-friendly government.

ON YOUR OWN

You can get the ball rolling. Socialize. Even in the era of social media, change begins, continues, and wins face to face, aided by mass marketing.

1, Host a potluck. 2, Start a MeetUp. 3, Speak up at collegial groups’ meetings. 4, Table events like Earth Day and farmers’ markets. Those first steps are the hardest, but leave your comfort zone anyway.

LISTEN to people’s responses. They’ll sharpen your talking points. Keep your eyes on the prize—sharing “rents” not taxing earnings.

5, Hand out half pages with one visual, one statistic, no argument, but a story’s log-line(a dozen words) addressing a popular problem and an invitation to a meeting. The resultant core group (6) meets regularly.

COLLABORATE

Together, (7) massage the message with humor, catchy slogans, visuals, intriguing questions, logic based on popular premises, quotes of the famous, and cite the successes.

Use such on (8) buttons, (9) T-shirts, slides for showing (10) service clubs, (11) churches, (12) schools, and in (13) podcasts and (14) videos. Post fresh ones weekly.

15, Organize concerts starring your semi-pro musician friends;

16, host speakers interesting or controversial; research and

17, lead a walking tour of relevant sites with a spiel for the guide.

18, Pass the hat or charge admission.

Appear on (19) local radio and (20) TV, (21) interview academics and (22) politicians, (23) perform a flash mob, (24) issue press releases to all media. (25) Balance work meetings with play meetings, 50/50: a meal, an outing, a game, whatever.

AGENTS OF CHANGE ARRIVE

Do all the above and you’ll attract people with the talents to do all the above.

Once your group has a track record and presence in the community, aim higher. (26) Host a bigger event with a name-draw an plenty of press coverage. Launch a (27) letter-writing campaign and (28) editorials to newspapers. (29) Lobby lawmakers to shift taxes and subsides. (30) Link up with like-minded groups locally, regionally, nationally, and abroad.

With a little help from your friends, shift the prevailing property paradigm. So humanity can live in paradise, as much as humanly possible.

In this list of 30, how far along are you? Don’t forget to listen to learn.

Income tax for corporations, government management of natural monopolies, small business welfare programs to allow small businesses to not fail. Basically just modern Georgism. I hope that an improved version with more welfare will be better adapted to solve modern issues. The government should also fund developments in science and technology. Resources should go to more useful tech rather than unnecessary tech like entertainment. It will also instate heavy product taxes on products that cause harm to our health. The government should fund developments in renewable energy to allow us to phase out oil and gas. Laws will be allowed to be made to bring more social equality even if it goes against cultural, traditional, or religious ideas. For example: shrines don't allow women for cultural reasons, laws can be passed to make them allow women. Culture, tradition, and religion will not be suppressed though, they will simply be forced to adjust to modern society and social equality.