Comment by ianm218
2 hours ago
Italian farmers pay effectively 0% taxes on land and the areas are quite poor. Data centers on the other hand pay lots of taxes.
Why would they ban productive uses of land?
2 hours ago
Italian farmers pay effectively 0% taxes on land and the areas are quite poor. Data centers on the other hand pay lots of taxes.
Why would they ban productive uses of land?
Obviously because they care more about things than just making money.
> Obviously because they care more about things than just making money.
why should someone be banned from selling their land if they want?
The concept of land ownership is somewhat flawed (how can you "own" something that existed before you and will outlast you) and there's a finite amount of land available for various purposes, so for the benefit of humanity/civilisation it can make sense to ensure that land with certain properties is kept for the purpose of growing food or for hosting particular ecosystems (e.g. rivers).
Even if it's not agricultural land, there can be strategically important pieces of land that a country will insist cannot be sold to organisations that are opposed to the values of that country. However, in those cases, it might make more sense for the state to make compulsory purchases of that land.
That's very black and white.
They don't pay "lots" of taxes. They pay taxes for the two engineers and 8 janitors working there.
You can’t eat data centers
1/3 of food produced isn't eaten either.