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It's theft in the same way the existence of others is harassment. It is an inherent imposition of society and a hypothetical imperative. If you want X, Y, Z, you must do A. Technically, you don't have to breathe. You have to breathe -if- you want to continue to live. This requirement for breathing is an inherent imposition and can be compared to a slavery to nature. Similarly, taxation is an inherent imposition on the citizens of a government. If you want the functions of government, you must infuse your monster with blood. The libertarian will of course cry
>"Release me! I need no government! I want my treasure!"
>and treasure it must be, for currency and the standardization of purity are both functions of government

Little realizing that the only thing keeping his wealth in his pocket is the defense of the state. "I can hire guards!" But when, historically, the sufficiently organized bandit clan scares them off or puts them to the sword your property is forfeit. The state is a -development-. This is not humanities first rodeo. The threat of the state's overwhelming and functionally infinite force keeps things in line. Governments in capitalist countries particularly exist primarily to defend the capital, their defense is both local and imperial, and can guarantee the investments of the ultra wealthy. What we're living in is the scientific trial and error result of thousands of years of people trying to have as much money as possible without things going tits up and all the numbers are saying that we're already pushing our luck.