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by anonuser123456 1112 days ago
You can fight civil forfeiture and not risk having your family sent to a work camp in the US.

It’s also politically very unpalatable to use it on businesses. Use it on a business and good luck getting re-elected as a prosecutor / police chief etc.

Is it used to suppress poor brown people? Sure. Is that a good thing? No. But it’s not really a barrier to investment.