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You'll note that I said "much of" Europe, not the whole continent. Of course there are areas with its problems, but I should've said that Europe has quite a few functional societies. When I think of progressive policies and places I'd like to live, that region comes to mind (and you are correct that I do not live there currently). And yet, they still have landlords.
Skimming through comments before posting, someone mentioned that Muammar Gaddafi tried to do something similar. Assuming that's correct, cool, but I'm not sure many of us would've wanted to live in Libya during his regime.
So... We've got some idea that no reasonably functional society has bothered to try, even the more progressive ones. Why is that? Maybe other places tried it... How'd that go for them?