[Purrybonker]

Seems like much hubris on display here.

Rent seekers are possibly amongst the least contributing form (I too confess to being a landlord) of capitalists amongst the capital obsessed world we live in and seem to adore.

They contribute nothing, zero, zip, ziltch to the general advancement and well being of society.

In fact, as we have seen recently as housing has become an extremely inflationary force in recent times (perhaps largely because of Covid), we see huge corporations investing billions buying up housing as rental properties to take advantage of increased demand in the face of housing shortages.

It is obvious that home occupancy costs can only see upward pressure in such an environment.

This can only be deleterious for all of our general well being. More homeless? More people unable to afford the simple basics of life?

Who wants to live in such a world, or sees such pressures as a positive force?

I guess I'm suggesting that this, in particular, is an environment where we probably would benefit as a society from government involvement and control.

Business people, people who develop new concepts, industries and inventions, these are the capitalists that advance our world.

People and corporations with simple wealth, owning housing, particularly as a predatory profit motive contribute nothing and are, in fact a net negative to the advancement of our world.

Just my HO.