Comment by stared

> Intuition fails because normal people think of a building as a building, when in the majority of cases, a building is not a building but a financial product. Behavior that makes no sense for a building can make perfect sense for a financial product.

And it is precisely why a lot of people hate capitalism.

Adam Smith himself would would disapprove: "As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce."