[assword]

> If you realize that our human ancestors lived in hovels and tents for thousands and thousands of years, it's not too hard to believe that modern humans can adapt back to similar living conditions.

100% of the land was not owned by people with the ability to enforce it constantly then.

[potato3732842]

The people who own the land cannot enforce it because the state will put them in a cage if they do. They have to "ask nicely".