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Stormaen wrote:

Tax, if you think about it, is just legalised theft. The idea itself evolved from tithes: paying as a compensation for services rendered. BigStrong defends the hill fort, people give him food as thanks. But when the hill fort didn't need defending, he turned his strengths to extorting said food.

Tinker with the terms and conditions and you have our modern taxation.

Many things in society are punished as criminal, while similar deeds are upheld as necessary for society. For example, are wars not just state(s)-sponsored murder, arson, and general destruction? I'd say that at least some wars may perhaps be necessary.