I'm not an expert, but what you describe as "capital sitting doing nothing" is, presumably, capital invested in some kind of market index? In which case it's by definition not "sitting doing nothing", right?

Unless you were referring to capital in the sense of owned non-market property that appreciates with time? Land/property values are a major topic of discussion throughout this thread for sure.

Just trying to make sure I'm following the thread of the argument here.