Paying for the services you receive includes the eminent-domain rule usable for others. It is the backstop to prevent nail-housing. And the existence of a point where the growth needs to slow down does not mean we are near it now. I do not believe we are.

In fact, yes, vast housing developments and datacenters actually are important to American prosperity and a few households cannot indefinitely hold the rest of society hostage.

I believe we will, in my lifetime, restart heavy energy projects, extra-large housing projects, and more industry. This will be done over the protests of many people who, having benefited from prior periods of economic growth, oppose growth and prosperity. And the resulting society will be better for most. And this is particularly critical since it will be most beneficial for the young.