Because you didn&#x27;t &quot;make&quot; it. You didn&#x27;t start from what nature gave you sat down one day and created value. You drove on public roads, used your public education, enjoyed the safety of the police while doing so, breathed air that&#x27;s clean due to enforced regulations, etc...<p>What value you create you create in the context of society. Your company keeps part of the value you create. So does the state. They have that leverage over you because you could not create it without them.<p>Their legitimization is based on contracts for companies, and on democracy in the latter.<p>This should really all go without saying.