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CHAPTER ONE Land of the Free (Market) RENT SHOULDN’T BE this high. Homes shouldn’t cost this much. And no, you’re not lazy or entitled for struggling to afford it. You’re simply alive in a system that rewards hoarding over building. Let’s talk about land. Not houses or skyscrapers. Not supply chains or inflation or interest rates. Land. The dirt under your feet. The invisible force beneath the entire economy. Every home sits on it. Every store depends on it. Every job, crop, pipeline, parking lot, and city block all require land. And yet, somehow, the people who do the most on the land… own the least of it. That’s not an accident. That’s the business model. Land was never invented. It...