Here a nice example what happenes when you give the means of production to "the people":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1gpQV57doM

Because it worked to well in Zimbabwe, Sowjetunion 1, Sowjetunion 2, China, and many more

I’ve debated people at length on this topic and have concluded that this is a half-baked idea that is impossible to implement without destroying society in any form that has been presented to date.

"Seize the means of production" is a communist's rallying cry because they know that they can't build anything on their own

Cause, you know, it's always worked soo well in the past...