Georgism

Georgism, also called Geoism, is an economically center-right, generally culturally center-left ideology that is typically placed in the lower middle of the political compass.

He believes that there should only be one tax, being the land value tax. He views property rights as only extending to the properties of labor and capital, and since land is neither, it's free real estate. Though his main bit is only having one tax, he sometimes promotes a citizen's dividend and pollution taxes, as a treat.

Overall, his ideology is centered around land & its distribution and his beliefs are often summed up with the phrase (usually in all caps) "landlords don't have rights", though this is somewhat of an exaggeration.

While his views on land rights and natural resource ownership are very collectivist, to combat unjust inequality, most of his other views are liberal and relatively individualistic, focusing on creating efficiency in the economy to create more land value to tax.

His father Physiocracy was quite old and absent when he was born, so he was mostly brought up by his uncle  Classical Liberalism.

Of all his cousins, he's generally on best terms with Liberalism; but he also tries to keep friendly with  Capitalism and  Socialism even though they seldom leave room for his views, especially when they're in the same room together...

History
Since its creation in 1879, there have been many Georgist parties around the world, most of them getting very little support. The Justice Party of Denmark was the most successful, gaining 5 seats in the 1973 election in the Danish parliament. The only "major" current Georgist party is the Young People's Party in the UK which in 2019 got 2% of the vote in Buckhurst Hill West.

Personality
Georgism is generally open minded and has a friendly disposition - except when he is confronted by extremist proprietarianists! While he is often skeptical towards landlords, he only hates real slumlords and other entirely unproductive and harmful rent-seekers. Other times that you might see him on edge is when he sees old privileges upheld by landed nobility...

He may be found quite often more or less loudly advocating for his favourite economic remedy: Land Value Tax (LVT); but the virtues he describes will often depend on who he's trying to persuade - since, in his mind, these are so many and so great that anyone can potentially see the light (or the cat, as he likes to express it).

How To Draw

 * 1) Fill a ball with this: #0ED145 shade of green.
 * 2) Cut in half and fill top/left half with this: #FFDA2B shade of gold.
 * 3) Draw the eyes.
 * 4) (Optional) Either
 * 5) Draw, in black, a square seperated in 4 at a 45 degree angle.
 * 6) Add cat ears and three grey whiskers on each side.

Friends

 * [[File: Geolib.png]] Geolibertarianism - Ah yes, my more uncompromising son; not so fond of our statist left-wing family members.
 * [[File: Angeo.png]] Geo-Anarchism - Opposes the state even more than his brother. Wait, son, how are you going to tax the land without a state? Nevermind, it's the intention that counts.
 * [[File: Geomut.png]] Geomutualism - Not sure what you want my dear, but let's be mutually beneficial to each other!
 * [[File: Socgeo.png]] Social Georgism - Hmhmhm... Should we spend it all on welfare?
 * [[File: GeoSynd.png]] Geosyndicalism - Yes, organise the tenants and teach them about LVT!
 * [[File: 3princ.png]] Tridemism - Probably the closest we got to taking over the world.
 * [[File: Clib.png]] Classical Liberalism - Taught me Classical Economics and usually supports my views on landlords.
 * [[File: Lib.png]] Liberalism - He used to promote my ideas; unfortunately only when it suited him.
 * [[File: Envi.png]] Environmentalism - Polluting and exploiting our natural resources lowers the value of the land, and thus reduces future tax revenue!
 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - I really think she could be warming up to the idea of a land value tax...
 * [[File: Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - Probably already wants to make land common property.
 * [[File: Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - Sometimes supports my ideas, in spite of his distorted Neoclassical understanding.


 * [[File: Libertarian.png]] Libertarian - Thinks LVT is the least bad tax.


 * [[File: Mutalist.png]] Mutualism - Not sure I understand her, but at least she thinks land shouldn't be a commodity.
 * [[File: Anpacf.png]] Anarcho-Pacifism - Also wants to achieve radical changes in a peaceful manner, how wholesome!

Frenemies

 * [[File: Mao.png]] Maoism - Shares opinion on Landlords... It's complicated.
 * [[File: Ormarxf.png]] Marxism - Hates landlords, but doesn't properly distinguish between land and capital. Also called me [[File: Cap.png]] Capitalism's last ditch.
 * [[File: AnSynd.png]] Anarcho-Syndicalism - Extremist, but I like the cat symbol.
 * [[File: Farm.png]] Agrarianism - Old granny (wrongly) thinks farmland has high land value, and thus generally opposes LVT.
 * [[File: Zio.png]] Zionism - Originally wanted a third way model, based on Georgist ideas of public ownership of natural resources.

Enemies

 * [[File: Ancapf.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - Doesn't understand anything about LVT. Thinks owning and speculating in land is a vital productive service.
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism-Leninism - Leave my labor and capital alone!
 * [[File: Conservative.png]] Conservatism - Defender of rich landed interest.
 * [[File: React.png]] Reactionary - Even worse than Conservatism

Mortal Enemies

 * [[File: Hoppef.png]] Hoppeanism - Literally everything I hate and more.

Books from Henry George

 * Our Land and Land Policy (1871)
 * Progress and Poverty (1879) (Most famous work)
 * The Land Question (1881)
 * Social Problems (1883)
 * The Crime of Poverty (1885)
 * Protectionism or Free Trade? (1886)

Books from other authors

 * The Pioneers of Land Reform: Thomas Spence, William Ogilvie, Thomas Paine by Max Beer
 * A Great Iniquity (1905) by Leo Tolstoy

Wikipedia

 * Georgism
 * Land Value Tax
 * Progress and Poverty
 * Henry George
 * Single Tax
 * Unearned Income
 * Value Capture
 * Citizen's dividend
 * Lockean Proviso
 * Ricardo's Law of Rent

Short (less than 10 minutes)

 * Georgism 101 by BritMonkey
 * What is Georgism? by the Political Sextant
 * Georgism's One Tax Rule by RT
 * How Georgism can fix the broken tax system by Nikolaj and Simon Talks
 * Ground Rent and David Ricardo's Law of Rent by Nikolaj and Simon Talks

Long (More than 10 minutes)

 * Understanding Economics: 10 - Henry George's Remedy by Henry George School of Social Science
 * Taxing Question of Land by TaxingQofLand
 * Real Estate 4 Ransom by Prosper Australia
 * Henry George and The Single Tax by mikecbonner
 * Tolstoy and The Land Question by Edward J. Dodson
 * What is Georgism/Geo-Libertarianism? by Omnizoa

Online Communities

 * [[File:Reddit.png]]r/Georgism
 * [[File:Reddit.png]]r/GeorgeDidNothingWrong
 * [[File:Reddit.png]]r/LandValueTax
 * [[File:Discord.png]]Unofficial Georgism Discord