Thomas Paine wrote an excellent essay on this concept back in the day.  It is worth reading:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssa.gov&#x2F;history&#x2F;paine4.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssa.gov&#x2F;history&#x2F;paine4.html</a><p>You might want to look into Georgism and Geolibertarianism as well.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Geolibertarianism" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Geolibertarianism</a><p>The basic premise of all these is that land and natural resources can not be owned.  If you want to use them you have to rent &#x2F; buy rights to them.  That rent goes into a basic fund that is then used for basic income.  The basic argument is that land belongs to everyone, so everyone should get an equal share of the rent from the land.