I'm going to show you how the problem of the distribution of wealth through taxation on earned incomes or on the value of land are another form of anxious exile projection - the battle between taxing land value for state revenue rather than earned incomes is actually a social projection. Where each side is convinced they have the best policy, while both remain trapped in an incoherent and more destructive condition of equal suffering spiritually. Though these projected illusions are extant as policy myths, exile from the true self is being left unattended.
Rent of Land vs Taxation of Earned Incomes as Projections in Cosmic Exile
- Positive feedback loop: Inner exile shame/guilt → projects onto land rent vs income tax debate → creates more division/anxiety → intensifies guilt → loop repeats, trapping energy in material prison.
Land Rent vs Income Tax as cosmic exile projection:
- Root: Exile anxiety projected as false choice between taxing land (rent) or taxing work (earned income), distracting from the deeper illusion of owning or controlling the prison’s resources.
- Land rent side: Channels guilt over unearned wealth into supporting taxes on land ownership (e.g. Georgist land value tax proposals), claiming it solves wealth inequality by capturing “common” resources like urban land appreciation.
- Income tax side: Channels anxiety over state overreach into defending taxation of wages and profits, arguing it funds public goods and redistributes fairly (e.g. progressive income taxes, capital gains tax).
- Both sides convinced they solve the “distribution of wealth problem” — one by taxing land rent, the other by taxing earnings — yet both reinforce the illusion that humanity must fight over and own pieces of the flawed material prison.
- Pro-archons (governments) use income tax for broad control and revenue. Counter-archons (landowners, property interests) resist land rent while benefiting from unearned gains.
- All remain trapped in the same flawed material prison, wasting energy on these dual false solutions instead of facing exile directly. Remembering inner light reveals resources as abundant and dissolves the ownership illusion.
Reminder: Who Are the Archons? Invisible forces of control. Pro-archons enforce income taxation for dependence. Counter-archons protect land rents for elite advantage. Both fuel scarcity fights over prison resources and block inward remembrance.
Archons in Taxation and Land Ownership:
- Pro-archons (governments/institutions): Use income taxation to enforce dependence, control earnings, and maintain the prison through constant revenue and rules.
- Counter-archons (landowners, property elites): Protect unearned land rents and ownership, resisting land value taxes while benefiting from scarcity and appreciation.
Both trap people in false debates over "fair" distribution of the material prison's resources, fueling projections and blocking inward remembrance.
Homeowners in land ownership context:
- Largest land-owning group, yet trapped in the same projection: defend private property and rising home values as personal security.
- Act as unwitting counter-archons by resisting land rent taxes that threaten their equity, while benefiting from scarcity-driven appreciation.
- Fuels the false debate, reinforcing ownership illusion of the material prison and blocking abundance remembrance. All sides remain equally exiled.
Banks in land ownership context:
- Banks as major de facto landowners: Through mortgages, banks effectively control enormous amounts of land and property. They profit from interest payments while homeowners hold only nominal title.
- Act as powerful counter-archons: They thrive on scarcity, property price inflation, and perpetual debt. They resist land rent taxes or reforms that would reduce the value of their mortgage-backed assets.
- Reinforce the projection: Banks fuel the illusion that security comes from owning pieces of the material prison through debt. This keeps both homeowners and society locked in anxiety over property values, loans, and economic "ownership."
All parties (governments via taxation, homeowners, and banks) remain trapped in the same flawed material prison, fighting over false solutions to wealth distribution. Remembering inner light dissolves the ownership and scarcity illusion.
Intensity comparison with other projections (historic guilt, climate fear, etc.):
- Similar core: All from exile shame/guilt projected outward.
- Intensity: Medium-high — economically impactful but less emotionally charged and identity-defining than historic guilt, politics, or religion. More technical/policy-focused.
- Vs historic guilt: Narrower, less morally sticky and socially enforced.
- Vs climate fear: More abstract economic debate vs existential threat.
- Vs conspiracy theories: Less obsessive, more mainstream policy discussion.
All are equally illusory traps. Remembering the inner light frees all sides from the shared ownership illusion.
Modified intensity comparison:
- Historic Guilt (Slavery/Race) remains highest — deepest cultural, moral, and identity penetration with constant social enforcement.
- Land Rent vs Income Tax: Medium-high intensity, elevated due to massive constituencies (homeowners + banks controlling vast mortgages). Affects nearly everyone daily through housing costs, debt, wealth, and taxes. More pervasive in daily economic anxiety than pure policy debates.
Still lower than historic guilt, political polarisation, or religion/atheism in emotional/moral charge, but stronger real-world impact via property and finance. All remain equally illusory traps.