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Sometimes a simple message tells you a lot.... the concentration of wealth in the UK, in one simple graphic.
@ChrisMayLA6 why is this unusual? It does not take account of farms, woodlands, national parks etc.
Not sure its unusual (in a historical sense)....
@ChrisMayLA6 agreed historically but on a practical level if land was hypothetically divided equally among the population there would be no farms, no national parks etc. No food. No more no less houses etc.
yes, but its not a binary choice - we could see considerable land ownership pluralisation with still holding where needed large enough for such activities - the key thing is to move more towards the middle between the concentration vs. complete equality continuum
@ChrisMayLA6 the U.K. is roughly 60M acres so in theory everyone could have an acre. How May of those 60M people would be bothered to grow essential food or maintain national parks and other areas for green open space and well-being? It would be a crisis! Back to the Stone Age. Personally I believe farmers and the national parks do a good job of delivering what society needs and are decent stewards of the land. They earn a low return on investment.
yes as I said earlier; its not so much an either/or - highly concentrated or equally divided, but perhaps a shift in the direction of the latter & away from the former along the line/continuum between extreme endpoints.... so less really large land holding & perhaps a more fluid market in land (as opposed to the land on which individual houses are erect on)
@ChrisMayLA6 wealth is concentrated in too few hands. We can all agree with that and it is getting worse. I just don’t believe British land ownership patterns are that relevant. Not for one minute do I think Musk, Gates & co care about British land.
I think that's where we would differ - wealth is too concentrated & land is one (but no the only) aspect of that.