But that’s exactly the point I’m arguing. Whether the punishment was imprisonment or the seizure of property, the outcome of the law is flat-out unjust. Just because there is legal mechanism mandating jail, doesn’t mean it isn’t legal kidnapping. Just because a government body rules your assets to be forfeit, doesn’t mean it’s not government sanctioned theft. Collecting taxes is more akin to seizing rightful payment for services rendered (military, schools, roads), but the seizure of assets as punitive action for a “crime” that does not violate the non-aggression principle, nor violates a previously agreed to exchange of goods and services, cannot be said to be just.