I'm from eastern Europe. In the soviet era noone could own private property, everything was belonging to the state. Then, the state rationed food to you, allowed you to use one of their homes in exchange for labour, allowed selling produce on government-controlled prices, and buying in predetermined quantities.
So let me ask a question. When you buy a home with all your life savings, does it become yours? What makes it differ from the soviets? I mean, obviously they recorded your rights to the building on paper, and now they record it in digital databases. But is it REALLY that different? You don't truly own either. It's all the government's promise to let you access it and keep away whomever should not access it, until they don't.
The only thing you truly own is bitcoin. The rest are promises.
Funny how government seems to be perfectly capable for seize bitcoins when they arrest someone. Or where you think those bitcoins are from that governments have been selling?
So how does that differ from governments promise of not confiscate your stuff? It's literally all based on those promises. Promise that fiat money has value, promise that government won't take your stuff when you behave, or promise that you can keep your privatekey and no one will take it off you by force and throw you in jail.
But i am surprised if this a new thing to you. You don't "own" anything, not even your life. Because absolute ownership that wouldn't be based on contract and promise is a false concept.