This is not only true of man, it is true of any living organism. Life, as we understand it, is only possible when a given entity is able to obtain what it needs from its surroundings. Nature has denied us the evidence of perpetual motion. Man is not born with a built-in power pack which makes him indifferent and independent of his surroundings. Even the sun is cooling.
Man is totally dependent upon property.
He cannot survive without it. But property makes no decisions. All decisions over property are made by human beings who are capable of controlling that property under certain conditions. Nothing happens in the market automatically. If something is to be produced, someone must make a decision to produce it.