Yes, the right generalization of Georgism is the taxation of economic rent in its various forms - something which George himself opposed.

> something which George himself opposed.

Do you have a source on this?

> economic rent

What's the definition of this term?

Basically money you make by owning some legal right rather than by doing something productive

Another argument for turning finance into a public utility. Instead we have different factions of rentier capital competing for who gets to parasitize us.

>Another argument for turning finance into a public utility

There already is a public option in the US, FedNow. In EU there's SEPA instant.

Not quite. FedNow is public payment infrastructure for institutions. Apple Pay is consumer-facing.

Nothing can stand in the way of America's forever wars, genocide, and automated killing, including performative objections by a prominent tech company.

I suppose we're supposed to be satisfied that the letter of the law supports this steamroller? Because that's what matters?

The legal apparatus is one of the tools the death machine uses to get what it wants.

Mental health plus ad profiles, what could go wrong? I can't help but wonder about the moral fiber of the mental health professionals they say they consulted for this.

For some reason, people think that it's money that's motivating the billionaires' performances. Imagine.

I think it is money that is motivating OpenAI (et al) to irresponsibly develop a dangerous new form of intelligence that they don’t know how to control

Cooperative deescalation is the right direction.

I wish. The government, regardless of party, wants AI for mass surveillance and perpetual war. It is paid off and lobbied and effectively another arm of the billionaires. Holding big companies responsible for their actions won't happen as long as big companies control the political apparatus. Like, when have we ever seen big companies receive more than a slap on the wrist? They are basically free to do anything, hack, murder, crash the economy, perpetuate genocide.

That's why something is a crime if you or I were to do it but not a crime when these companies do so.

But never fear, they will constantly tell us how what they're doing is for the sake of democracy or safety or ethics or whatever the doublethink of the day is.

That would be nice, but let's get real, with billions of dollars at your disposal you can more or less get away with whatever you want.

Even more so with billions of dollars of debt

That's why fines should be a percentage of revenue ...

But I like to pretend the US is fighting for human rights.