He&#x27;s not playing it straight. He&#x27;s deriving income as a rentier but saying we can all live like him. We can&#x27;t because rentier income by definition is income with zero value added.<p>These guys hiding in the grey area are very damaging. Maybe you were a total fool with your money, but for most people they are on the breadline not because houses are expensive to construct, not because fuel is expensive but because they have to pay a significant portion of their labour to rentiers.<p>People like this put the blame on the individual. No - it rests with the rentier.