They want mob rule. They want the mob to be able to seize anything the mob wants, without hindrance. They think this is a good thing because they are arrogant enough to think that THEY would be in control of the mob, as the mob seizes the property of "the rich".
A planned economy is most attractive to those with the arrogance to think they would be in the planning class.
“They want mob rule. They want the mob to be able to seize anything the mob wants, without hindrance.”
I am fully prepared to be a mob of one until the ammo runs out.
You may be able to plan a mob, in the beginning, but after that it will behave, well, like a mob. As such, the mob will decide for itself what to take from whom.
Look at what they have done to the public property they have already taken. That will be the eventual result for any property under anarchy.
“Useful Idiots!”
They would be the first to be enslaved at the collective farms, or at the concentration camps at the crematoria.
Back in the '80s I had a mild argument with another programmer who was extolling the virtues of a "Brave New World" society, consisting of Alphas (upper class) down to Epsilons (drones).
I asked him if such a world ever came about, based on his current intelligence, what caste would he be in. Without hesitation he said "Alpha". I said, "What if someone higher up decided that you shoule be an Epsilon? So help me, he had a look of dumbfounded horror on his face. He had never thought otherwise. Of course he was a liberal.