The reasons communism allows seizure of property are with good intentions, just as the reasons the law allows the seizure of property in this case are because of good intentions.

How it's used and abused in practice in both systems is the important part. I'm not sure either system necessarily has a great track record in that respect.

Sorry, but the intentions behind these seizures are in no way benign. Maybe in the original intentions of the law, but the police are there to shake people down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJd4Q4u5cqU

Reminder: this is yet another piece of evidence that The War on Drugs™ does not serve us well in any way, shape, or form.

> Maybe in the original intentions of the law

Yes, that is exactly what I said. I'm not sure how to read it otherwise. If you're going to assess how it works under communism by looking at why the government allows and and what their goal is, it only makes sense to assess other systems the same way, which is why I said "the reasons the law allows..."

Fair point. I should have been more precise, I was actually thinking of »hypothetical, never actually realized, potentially impossible to realize true platonic communists« and not of some Soviet era communists or something like that.

Perhaps they can seize this pile of cobblestones I have, in case they need to pave a road to somewhere warm.