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>be econ student but not braindead >read Das Kapital >realize marx spotted a real problem but aimed at the wrong target >workers vs capital wasn’t the full picture >land quietly siphoning everything in the background >learn Georgism >oh >rent isn’t just "paying a landlord" >it’s economic rent >unearned value from location, infrastructure, society itself >city grows >nothing changes about the dirt >land price doubles anyway >owner gets rich doing literally nothing >wages go up? >land rent goes up faster >productivity gains? >capitalized into land prices >UBI? >lol landlords already priced it in >argue about capitalism vs socialism online >meanwhile both ignore the same leak in the system >private sector builds stuff >public sector builds infrastructure >landowners capture both >see rent control debate >price ceiling on symptoms >ignore the asset bubble underneath >construction slows >everyone acts surprised >hear "greedy corporations" >check balance sheets >most profits normal >check land values >oh >understand why cities like Vancouver feel impossible >it’s not just wages >it’s not just policy >it’s land absorbing everything >realize taxation isn’t the issue >what you tax is >tax labour? >you punish production >tax capital? >you slow investment >tax land? >you can’t move it >you can’t hide it >you don’t reduce supply >land value tax clicks >capture the unearned >leave wages and production alone >housing gets cheaper to hold >speculation dies >building actually makes sense again >stop arguing ideology >start closing the rent-seeking loop

>be social studies student >professor assigns Das Kapital >Marx explains how capitalism exploits workers >makes total sense >capitalism = bad, socialism = good >graduate with $87,000 in student debt >can't find job that pays living wage >blame greedy corporations >apply for government job >get hired at Department of Education >spend 8 hours daily in bureaucratic meetings >produce nothing of value >complain about private sector efficiency on X >vote for politicians promising free healthcare >support rent control to fight housing crisis >wonder why no new apartments get built The same students who read Marx's theory of exploitation never question why government jobs exist or why their "public service" requires extracting wealth from productive workers. They rail against capitalist surplus value while collecting paychecks funded by taxation—the ultimate extraction..

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