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No, but it is extortion

• bobwaycott 13y ago
  No, it is not.
  • ekianjo 13y ago
    It is. No matter how you'd like to see it. The State has no legitimacy over your life and your earnings. It did not do anything to deserve it. This misconception comes from "Monarchy by Divine Right" from Old Europe, where it was your duty before God to support your King with your earnings. It has become more and more of an extortion as the amount seized by your rulers far exceeds (in percentage) what was paid during the Middle Ages.
    • bobwaycott 13y ago
      Your grasp of history and political theory is lamentable. No matter how you'd like to see it. The state has legitimacy granted to it by those who organize it and continue to live under its rule until such time as they decide to no longer recognize it, delegitimize its power, and establish a replacement state. But even when this occurs, another state is erected in its place. Taxes have been around so much longer than Old Europe--by about 4000 years. Read some history.