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Do you think socialists are out to collectivize your toothbrush?
No, the siezing of factories and large estates is not equivalent to siezing your sewing needles or your backyard garden. They seize these means of production because their previous ownership was about denying people access to the means of production, not because they don't think individuals should have their own means of production.
The government represents the people of China, and land is owned collectively. That's what communism is, collective ownership.
In practical terms, they own it in exact the same way a person owns a home in any western country.
Then you don't own it in a western country either because as soon as you stop paying your property tax then you lose your home. You're just regurgitating nonsense without actually thinking about it.