We owe a rent for the exclusive use of land

Ownership of land is not theft, but is it a malign behaviour because we are not compensating our neighbours. We must compensate our neighbours on an ongoing basis, if we wish to exclude them from the land. To exclude others from the land we must compensate them with a rent.

If we are not renting land, but instead claiming that we own a freehold, we are being aggressive and immoral. We do not have a right to own land because we cannot be certain that others might not have an equally valid claim.

A plot of land can be owned by only one person and it is pragmatic to allow exclusive access to land so that the land may be used effectively. Because we would starve without land we must compensate those who do not own land with a rent, so that they do not starve, which is the requirement that we must satisfy for our owning the land. If we own too much land, others will starve, so to compensate for this we owe a rent to the community for the (exclusive) use of land.