You can critique the endless wars, which I do, and you can critique the fiat system, which I do, and still come to the conclusion that taxes are necessary.

Here is a long but good example.

You live in a neighborhood. The people of the neighborhood want to build a wall around their neighborhood. Everyone agrees that they want this and are willing to pay their fair share for the wall. Maybe you also want the wall, maybe you don’t, but it actually doesn’t matter in this example. You think to yourself “hmm, since they can’t coerce me to pay for this wall, I can choose to not pay my fair share and I can STILL be protected by this wall! This is great!” The people of the neighborhood come to you to collect your share for the wall and you resist saying that they can’t coerce you into paying for something you don’t want. The people of the neighborhood say, “well you can’t reap the benefits of something that you didn’t pay for, that’s not fair so we won’t allow it. Your options are pay your fair share or be kicked out of the neighborhood. You would most likely choose to pay your fair share and continue to enjoy the benefits of the society.

A private company could not provide this service. Who would the customer be, a single individual? That’s not fair to that individual. Why would they pay for something that would protect everyone? They would just build a wall around their house first. Do you coordinate with your fellow neighbors (forming a state 😂) and choose to all pay a bit of the bill? Congrats, you just invented the state and taxes.