"All taxation is theft" is a stupid mantra. The logical progression of that thought is basically, "all government is authoritarianism," unless every single person consents to every single law or there is no government. I just have a hard time taking that argument seriously. It's great in theory, but it's no different than communism. It won't work practically, and everywhere it's been tried, it's failed. Let's walk it back a bit and say "Taxation could be theft under the right circumstances," or I'll just have to figure you live in a fantasy land where you think either everyone would get along without an authority and/or you are [BLEEP] enough to take on the rest of the world, including organized tribes who don't give a [BLEEP] about your private property.

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