> "what gives someone the right to dictate to their neighbors what they can and can't do with their own property?" Because any livable set of laws recognizes t

> "what gives someone the right to dictate to their neighbors what they can and can't do with their own property?" Because any livable set of laws recognizes that externalities are a thing and need to be addressed. I, as a homeowner, can't start amassing a large pile of radioactive material on my property. I can't start a home-based waste incineration company, even if the structure exists entirely on my property. There's a ton of stuff I can't do, because there are laws prohibiting it. If the laws right now don't address "you can't invite enough strangers to your house such that it causes a lot of waste or damage to your neighborhood," then that's just because we didn't have broadly accessible systems in place to invite those strangers; it doesn't mean that that's now or has ever been okay, just like collecting a pile of radioactive waste in my backyard hasn't been okay since we learned about the harms of radiation poisoning. "Why can't people do x?" Because we live in a society.