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Would buying a good chunk of land make you a "hoarder"? Depending on where you are 20 acres can be more than $10 million even before you build a house etc.


Earth has about 3 acres of habitable land per person.


Definitions of wealth often exclude primary residence for this reason, it depends a lot on where you live, and it's also not very liquid. There are poor people who own large houses (but can't sell for whatever reason), and there are rich people who don't own any house at all.


There's an argument to be had about how if that was viewed as hoarding and taxed appropriately, land would probably be a lot cheaper.


Spending $10m to buy 20 acres is hardly a "need". I think people here are missing the point of the quote by throwing out a bunch of absurd technicalities.


Our lord and savior already answered your question 2000 years ago in Matthew 21:33-46

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+21%3A33...




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