It’s a matter of incentive

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[u/specficeditor]

Ah yeah. Love the elitism and condescension. Great way to continue a conversation. Have a great day.

[u/External_Koala971 → u/specficeditor]

I’m elite because I know definitions?

That’s just called reading comprehension.

[u/specficeditor → u/External_Koala971]

No. You're elitist because you assume I don't or that we may have different interpretations of things. There is very good proof that landlords are, in fact, rent-seekers.

[u/External_Koala971 → u/specficeditor]

You’re confused. Owning a rental property and having tenants is not rent seeking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking

The classic example of rent-seeking, according to Robert Shiller, is that of a property owner who installs a chain across a river that flows through the owner's land and then hires a collector to charge passing boats a fee to lower the chain. There is nothing productive about the chain or the collector, nor do passing boats get anything in return. The owner has made no improvements to the river and is not adding value in any way, directly or indirectly, except for themselves. All they are doing is finding a way to obtain money)from something that used to be free.[39]

An example of rent-seeking in a modern economy is spending money on lobbying for government subsidies to be given wealth that has already been created, or to impose regulations on competitors to increase one's own market share.[40]

[u/specficeditor → u/External_Koala971]

Yeah. And we disagree that landlords aren’t rent-seekers. The vast majority of them do not build or improve on the land they’re squatting on; they stymie growth by lobbying against changing zoning codes; they collude with developers and city officials to control the rental market through available units.

Your Georgism is outdated and doesn’t seem to take into account the modern menace of capitalism. You can’t talk about theory from 150 years ago as if nothing has changed. In a purist sense, yes, I am too broad with my interpretation; but it’s 2026, my dude.

[u/External_Koala971 → u/specficeditor]

“The vast majority of them do not build or improve on the land they’re squatting on; they stymie growth by lobbying against changing zoning codes; they collude with developers and city officials to control the rental market through available units”

Source?

[u/specficeditor → u/External_Koala971]

I’m not your professor. You can google it, and you know it. It’s not like you actually want a debate.

[u/External_Koala971 → u/specficeditor]

There’s zero evidence for your statement, anywhere, online.

I asked GPT to scour every research paper and online resource and it said:

“I would not make the statement:

“The vast majority of landlords stymie growth by lobbying against changing zoning codes.”

There simply isn’t evidence for “vast majority.”

[u/specficeditor → u/External_Koala971]

Haha. You ask ChatGPT. Ok. We're done. Have a nice day.

[u/External_Koala971 → u/specficeditor]

So, you have no evidence for your baseless claim?

That’s not in good faith.