A theory is an hypothesis that has stood up to the rigors of experimental testing. An hypothesis is mere conjecture until proven by experiment. The problem with the framing of Zerohedge's article is that the corporations that are doing the buyout of the real estate market are acting like the capitalist boogie man invented by Karl Marx to contrast his dystopia/utopia, communism, with. In a free enterprise system, there would be checks and balances to ensure the playing field were level for participants. What Blackrock is doing is corporate tyranny worse than the Robber Barons of the 19th and early 20th centuries in rail and oil. This is the real estate portion of the Great Reset WEF has promised us. "You will own nothing, and you will be happy." That is not a prediction, it's a threat! Just like, "The beatings will continue until morale improves."