Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/04/18/landbarons-r-us.html
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Oh good. It’s not just the US that’s being fucked by financial inequality.
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Is that more or less than the amount owned by the top 1% during Feudalism?
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It’s been that way for a long time, and it’s getting worse:
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But the other half is owned by foreign entities.
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How much is effectively owned by the royal family?
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Now on to step 2: convincing people that concentration of wealth and power isn’t evidence of a “natural,” “merit”-based system, but rather evidence that - left unchecked (or, “unfettered” if you’re nasty marxist ) - wealth accumulation is aided by existing wealth in an exponential fashion.
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Considering the Queen is God’s representative on earth, I estimate the entire universe is hers to command should she wish it so.
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Much more. 100% in fact. In a feudalistic system, only the crown holds land. All others are tenants. But I see your point. Same as it ever was and all that.
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Came to say the same thing. Hasn’t England always worked this way?
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Well the good news, if you want to look at it that way, is that the 1% has lost about 50% of their land values since the Brexit vote. Of course, there’s always collateral damage. But for sure, a crash in real estate values hurts the rich more than the poor. BTW, if you really want to get outraged about British land ownership, check out the Inclosure Acts. A huge “WTF!?”
The Crown, and the Royal Family = 1.4% according to the article.
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The population of England is substantially more than the 2,500,000 this would suggest. The Guardian article says “less than” 1%: if we’re really talking about only 25,000 landowners, that’s less than 0.1% of the population, even if you only count adults.
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Is the other half owned by foreign investors?
How much is Paul McCarthy and JK Rowling?
Except church land (before the reformation). The church had a ton of land in some places.
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Was church land allodial?
