Some years back, I read an article about a local contractor whose wife was awarded his own hand-built house when she divorced him. He figured it would be a more equitable arrangement for her to have half of his house -- so he cut it in half right down the middle and demolished "his" half.
The thing is, at least in destroying your property rather than letting it be stolen, you are in some degree still the master of it. Also, your own efforts aren't be used to support someone, or an idea, that you despise.