The landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for the natural produce of the earth.

• Adam Smith, op. cit., Vol. I, p. 44.

Crazy how the godfather of Capitalism hated landlords too. In this case I think it's even worse, because it's a societal "you can't touch anything" rule and not even an individual landlord that you can ignore.

I guess that's what you get when landlords get to shape the state with the presumption that everything is someone's and that someone isn't you.