Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · May 28

Anti-Georgist propaganda from 1886 that makes Georgism look like the coolest thing ever.

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Fyodor · May 28

But isn't the pretext of the piece that the Devil is tricking him with false promises?

FredCairns · May 28

But it IS!

RadiantHostility (he/him) · May 28

The way Kelly isn't even really an exaggeratiom and political cartoons are just like that is awesome

Fred Cruz · May 28

tekla 💜✨ · May 28

Anarchy-Satan could get it tbh

Rupert Murdoch International Tribunal 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪 · May 28

Wiki: Henry George popularized the concept of gaining public revenues mainly from land and natural resource privileges with his first book, Progress and Poverty (1879). The philosophical basis of Georgism draws on thinkers such as John Locke,[9] Baruch Spinoza,[10] and Thomas Paine.

Kunal Sawardekar · May 28

People like to joke about it, but Land Value Tax really does solve editorial cartooning

Alexis · May 28

"I don't think this is making the point you think it's making."

Martin Lucha Artist · May 28

I always knew that Frasier Crane was pro-workers and throwing paperwork around

PanickedPike 🌙 · May 28

Why does Satan have the Naruto toeless boots?

Existential Comics · May 28

Not FREE BEER! Please Mr. Capitalist, I just want to work 16 honest hours a day in a factory.

diego@estupido.fyi · May 28

well yeah, because it is

Titan Uranus · May 28

Second time I see this in the last 19 hours, is there a Georgism-meme pubication I should be subscribed to that just did the rounds?

Psychic Spectre · May 28

Why is the demon low-key

Raedwald · May 28

The unofficial song of the centrist Liberal Democrats party in the UK is "The Land", which is explicitly Georgist. The very left-wing politician Michael Foot said it was the most radical thing he heard growing up. An acquaintance of mine was refused permission to sing it at his wedding.

EmergentWake · May 28

And you're telling me that all I have to do is pledge my soul and body to anarchy? And I get no police, no bosses, and free everything except something called "anarchist assessment"? Admittedly, I'm confused about the "free boycotts," but this still seems like a steal.

Brian · May 28

I never knew that I was a Georgist

@michaelsolomon2.bsky.social · May 28

capitalism IS the devil-himself

SP Dogood · May 28

For half a second I thought Deadpool was hiding behind that guy just to be coy