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It's worth noting in this thread that George was a Christian and a prime part of his reasoning for taxation on land ownership and other land monopolization was his view that God creates land, not people.

A man is entitled to the sweat of his brow; but that also suggests a man should not be entitled to what is not the sweat of his brow. Land definitely falls into this category. A man can till the soil, but in a million years could never create soil out of thin air. Man can only find land, he can't create it, only God creates land. And therefore, why should a man say he has exclusive forever ownership of any bit of God's creation? All of God's creation was given to all of man and if you want to have exclusive dominion over some part of it, it's not unreasonable to suggest that you pay everyone else for the privilege, that you earn the right.

George made a moral argument simultaneously as making a practical argument. Destroying land speculation via taxation prevents wars and revolutions, but it's also just the right thing to do.

>Well what if I build something on it?
Sweat of your brow, and George's Land Value Tax deliberately doesn't take improvements like a building into account.