> This notion that you can own land without occupying it (or paying somebody to occupy it) is an absurdly backwards idea that is responsible for a lot of suffer

> This notion that you can own land without occupying it (or paying somebody to occupy it) is an absurdly backwards idea that is responsible for a lot of suffering and exploitation in modern society. That's called an occupancy tax and it stops most of the idiocy in the commercial renting sector really quickly.