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We can certainly tell people it's illegal to emit pollution into the air.

>We can't tell someone that it's illegal to use their land

We the voters 100% can.

It's literally illegal to build apartments almost everywhere.

Do you think this is good?

No

What are you talking about? We can and do tell people what they can and can't do with their land all the time. That's what zoning laws do.