It just occurred to me that the better metaphor might be a tricycle with three wheels and driver. The trailing wheels are Credit and Land, respectively. The steering wheel is Policy. The driver is Philosophy.
----Original Message Follows---- From: "William B. Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Major Douglas on the "Land Question": Wally Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:33:36 -0500
***] How can Douglas, being so competent on one of the two fundamental natural monopolies, be so wrong about the second? It sounds like a bicycle mechanic, expert on back wheels, describing a square wheel for the front. [***
That is an excellent metaphor. As a bicycle mechanic, Douglas was aware of the front and didn't ignore it. As a bicycle mechanic, Henry George and his followers, with a very few exceptions like Stephen Zarlenga, are completely oblivious to the back.
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