[skohan]

Maybe technically there’s a threat of government violence in the background, but that’s pretty far from most people’s consciousness in developed countries.

Can you propose a different model for property ownership which doesn’t require the individual to invest more resources in physical security?

[afandian]

I'm not sure about "most developed countries" but there is still very strong memory of past violence in Great Britain. Some of the tail end of it still bubbling.

On another tack, there are plenty of homeless people in the UK. Can you imagine what would happen to them if they broke into expensive uninhabited properties in London? There would be violence.

I have no idea of alternatives, I was just pointing out the origin of a lot of current land ownership.

[CuriousSkeptic]

Pay the non-owners enough rent to make it their economic interest to respect and protect the ownership