Strongly agree with all of this, except that charging rent for the use of an asset you own is not what economic "rent-seeking" means. I blame the dumbass econom

Strongly agree with all of this, except that charging rent for the use of an asset you own is not what economic "rent-seeking" means. I blame the dumbass economists who named it this, forever polluting the discussion to be had about regulatory capture and legalized political bribery.