To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Land Value Taxation. The efficiency gains are extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of net present values most of the surplus will go over a typical person's head. There's also George's progressive outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from classical liberal literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of transfers, to realise that they're not just productivity enhancing- they say something deep about individual merit. As a consequence people who dislike LVT truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in George's existential catchphrase "everybody works but the vacant lot," which itself is a cryptic reference to Smith's epic On the Wealth of Nations. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Henry George's genius wit unfolds itself on their income tax forms. What fools.. how I pity them.
