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by neilparikh 2175 days ago
> I'm saying it's not a universal fundamental wrongness in the way society is structured.

The supply of land is fixed, but the population (demand) increases, so the land owners have an structural advantage in that sense.

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If they owned it before it started increasing in value at the beginning of time, but how can you make money by buying something that is increasing in value in a perfectly predictable manner? Isn't the seller going to charge you enough to balance out the potential profits, on average?