We tried this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_estate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_estate The move from life estates and fee tails to fee simples was

We tried this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_estate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_estate The move from life estates and fee tails to fee simples was not a mistake. It was a core component of western society moving out of the feudal era. It's VERY difficult to durably invest in lands and estates otherwise. We should be railing against the return of economic instability and lack of access to durable wealth for the middle class, not accelerating our return to permanently unlanded peasantry.