[WhatsTheBigIdea]

What is the viable alternative to land ownership?

The Tragedy of The Commons is a well known and frequently repeated experiment in many areas of life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

[PeterWhittaker]

Well-known, as in everyone has heard of it, but: it isn’t the fact so many assume. Cf, e.g., https://evonomics.com/the-only-woman-to-win-the-nobel-prize-...

[stocknoob]

Land leasership. You are renting the land from the public at a rate that encourages you to improve it. (Not buying vacant land, hoping for your neighbors to improve theirs, so you can profit.)