Sounds like the Boxer rebellion

Yes, among other locations (Hong Kong, Canton, Amoy, Shanghai, etc.). I was describing the various "treaty ports" that were established following the Opium Wars, which were essentially a series of wars fought by the west to allow the import of illegal drugs into China. The major western powers forced China into providing land and extra-territorial rights to westerners in China.

The Chinese still remember this era quite vividly and describe it as the "Century of Humiliation".

We should be blaming our establishment and the banks, not Chinese kids.

I agree taxing rentiers is the way forward. Will Canada do this? I don't see Trudeau doing it, but Canada did have a land value tax party that gained quite a bit of popularity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax#Canada

> In Vancouver LVT became the sole form of municipal taxation in 1910 under the leadership of mayor

But that was when people understood the system better as opposed to now when they think banks are creating wealth when they create money which absorbs wealth.

EDIT: replying here to turnip1979 as throttled by HN who hate talking about Land value tax and the banks being leeches

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Perhaps. In the UK this week our Chancellor and Prime Minister had to disclose their tax records.

They both earn more (if you include the part they pay to their wives to avoid tax) from rent from their main London property than they get paid.

I'm afraid there has been a coup and one usually doesn't get too far writing letters to the new overlords.

Then you add value without taking up more space. This would reduce the cost of a human requirement: shelter.

This is what LVT is for. Our present system is about maximising the availability of credit to absorb all spare capacity. This is why we are working full time despite massive productivity improvements. This is why when women entered the labour force it was all absorbed by land prices.

The 1% in the main don't want to "build vertically". They want to do nothing and have you work and give them a cut of their income. I'm fine with people making life better and getting a cut.

ps this may be the last comment I can make as HN hates LVT and any criticism of rentiers

That does not help you avoid a land tax ;)

We will know the 0.01% are losing the class war when a serious land tax is introduced. I personally don't see it happening anytime soon.

But do they have to learn the local language when they don't plan to stay there indefinitely?

    Pointing out that there are issues with integration
    is not the same thing as being a racist

It's interesting to note that @plg didn't use the word "racist".