the degree to which you can say private property is protected varies pretty widely and this redistribution of coercively collected, and often legally grey taxation has reached a level in most places now where it's hard to say that private property is being respected at all anymore.
most of europe is sliding fast down the hole into communism via progressive increases in taxation and regulation.
I agree, it's a dirty slimely compromise... it's like the old saying: What's the difference between protection and extortion? The price.
Willingness to participate.
rationalising also, the whole "price of civilised society" hooey, when there's nothing civilised about coercion and extortion.
That is the crux... the Hobbs idea of the consent of the governed being false: we are born and coerced into these systems. I think the Amish hold the key to making the Hobbs idea true: Rumspringa. I think when a child turns 18 they are kicked out of society for a period of time and to return they must sign a literal social contract. Also you can sue the government for damages based upon the contract.
