[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=scaredyclassic]I was surprised by the vitriol for Ur capitalist adam Smith toward landlords.
Hed prolly fot banned from piggington 4 this trolling:
– ch 11, wealth of nations.
“[Landlords] are the only one of the three orders whose revenue costs them neither labour nor care, but comes to them, as it were, of its own accord, and independent of any plan or project of their own. That indolence, which is the natural effect of the ease and security of their situation, renders them too often, not only ignorant, but incapable of that application of mind”[/quote]
I think Adam Smith meant that for the aristocracy that owned the land.
European estates and palaces were products of war loot. In fact, nobleman and generals who won wars were entitled to some treasure.[/quote]
Ah right. Yeah. Still, one can imagine the parasite label perhaps being applied to some slumlords who dont improve things
