As a mutualist, I think the issue with land ownership is the idea that the land and the thing you use it for (a house, a factory, or whatever) is the same thing. You can possess things you put to use on land or the things you extract from it like with mining or agriculture but you can’t truly possess the land itself. To me, the concept of land ownership seems like a vestigial organ of the feudal era that really needs to be disposed of since it causes more harm than good. At minimum, I think something like a Georgist land tax wouldn’t be bad but I think explicit common ownership and common management would be better with occupancy/use being acceptable if and only if no rents are extracted.
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