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The precedent would be that it’s ok for the government to usurp your assets if they choose to. I don’t think that’s a good precedent.

• trasz 5y ago
  In response to a war or genocide. It’s a good precedent; it’s not that different from the usual economic sanctions.
  • chii 5y ago
    i would be against usurpment - freezing is the most that should be allowed. Otherwise, it's too easy to justify theft, and next time it might not be some despotic dictator, but citizens.
    • trasz 5y ago
      So? It’s citizens’ responsibility to get rid of dictators. It’s also their shared responsibility for what their country is doing.
      • chii 5y ago
        A weapon should not be judged on what the most good it could do, but on what the most evil it could accomplish.