&gt; In your case you pay taxes, and your society holds everyone up to this bunch of collective agreements, including not taking away your property just willy-nilly (confiscation).<p>Except that&#x27;s...not happening, in one of the largest, and without doubt the most powerful, &quot;democracies&quot; in the world.  Police <i>do</i> take away your property willy-nilly in the USA without trial.<p>Does this mean we get to stop paying taxes?