Taxes are the root problem of an uncivilised society.

Put theft (extortion) at the foundational basis of society and this is what you get.

Voting in a system of injustice is making yourself the criminal that you seek to control.

We have voluntary interaction based on love, relationship and contracts on all other levels of human interaction. It's a lack of creativity and the lust for power over others that makes this possible in the first place.

Votes and other forms to make consensual decisions are a great thing in a voluntary system, where people have the rights to leave at any time or being left alone, reassociating in full or part at a later stage - like blockchains