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An artist creates wealth by painting a beautiful painting. Then he exchanges that wealth for money. At no point was wealth "transferred" to the artist. McDonald's creates wealth by designing and building a system to deliver hamburgers. McDonald's then exchanges that wealth for cash from its customers. BTW, who gives money to people who already have it? Not me. I doubt you do, either. I don't know anybody who does. Th…
I think perhaps you are discussing too many threads simultaneously. I'm fully onboard with Maccas and Artists creating something thus creating wealth. Also, yes, transaction are exchanges. Nobody is arguing that. You pay rent and in exchange you may use the land (productively or not) My argument is that people are forced to pay rent to people who didn't create anything, but because they hold a piece of paper that say…
The person who bought it then manages it, maintains it, organizes it, advertises it, pays taxes on it, etc.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
If rentable places were not allowed to be sold, very very few would exist. This is because people specialize - some build rentals, some manage them. Both are productive enterprises.
You can become a landlord if you want. Borrow the money, buy a rental, and rent it out. But you'll find out it's a lousy business.