That is a highly artificial concept that only applies to the US given that there was vast amounts of land and relatively few people. But even in the US the assu

That is a highly artificial concept that only applies to the US given that there was vast amounts of land and relatively few people. But even in the US the assumption was highly flawed as it basically ignored the existence of native people. Their land was just to be taken by violence. Hence without government created privilege all your are left with is a dog-eat dog world where the strongest through violence will take land for himself. European settlers would respect each others claim of land mostly, but it basically meant it was in principle no different from an invading force stealing land. Native Americans of course did not own land in the Lockean way. They held the land in common. The natural arrangement was in many ways closer to a communist/socialist ideal.