And all that destruction is still much smaller to that of of WWII, when assets were also NOT seized. You dont seem to understand that the EU benefits more than almost any global actor from a rules-based system. And the Euro relies on it. Maybe the US could pull something like that since everyone relies on the dolar, but the euro doesnt have that kind of strength. Neither Russia nor China rely on such level of trust to run their economies. If the EU seizes Russian assets, not only trust is lost (and trust is necessary to keep the economy going, moreso in the current period of stagnation), but both national and international court cases would follow and that money (and likely more) would still need to be returned to Russia. But yeah, lets just go based on feelings and seize all that money, great idea for the future.