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How is taxation not theft? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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You don't agree to pay it. You can't opt out and if you don't pay you get put in jail. How is this not theft?

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[–] sandflavoured@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You certainly do have the option to decline!

Serious answer, living in a society is not the default way to live in the world.

The option to say no is to decline to use the territory or services offered by a state.

In other words, one would need to renounce citizenship of any countries one is a part of. Any commercial interactions they still have with a society will incur tax, if they prefer to not pay tax at all (for whatever reason), they would have to choose not to interact commercially with any person or organisation that is part of a state.