Another take on it, rent is like farming. If you pull too much out of the system, the soil gets degraded and the salinity rises, poisoning the crops. Affordabl

Another take on it, rent is like farming. If you pull too much out of the system, the soil gets degraded and the salinity rises, poisoning the crops. Affordable rent is a way (albeit deeply flawed) of trying to maintain the health of the system. A better way would be to cap profits on property through taxes. Make it too expensive to strip the system of its nutrients.. to continue with the mixed metaphor.