Well it seems like your confusion regarding taxation and theft stems from deeper deficits. Here, let me help you:
For instance let us say these 9 people get together and sit at a table, let us say a round table, and they have an issue before them:
Person 1: I think we should institute a tax of 5 percent of harvest to prepare for the winter. Person 2: I think we should institute a tax of 10 percent since the witch-doctor tells me it is going to be a long and harsh winter. Person 3: I think we should sacrifice a tenth of all our goats to please the gods. Person 4: I think we should sacrifice a fifth of all our goats to really please the gods. Person 5: I agree with Person 4! Persons 6-9: We don't want to do anything!
And then they have a vote! And they decide, through some further arguing and bickering, to sacrifice 8.4 percent of their goats to the gods, and institute a tax of 8 percent. And so the measures passes the council.
On the other hands, if Persons 1-5 said, "Come, let us go to our brother's houses and take their goats and sacrifice them to the gods!" that would be theft.
Perhaps you can see the distinction between sanctioned and unsanctioned, now?
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For instance let us say these 9 people get together and sit at a table, let us say a round table, and they have an issue before them:
Person 1: I think we should institute a tax of 5 percent of harvest to prepare for the winter.
Person 2: I think we should institute a tax of 10 percent since the witch-doctor tells me it is going to be a long and harsh winter.
Person 3: I think we should sacrifice a tenth of all our goats to please the gods.
Person 4: I think we should sacrifice a fifth of all our goats to really please the gods.
Person 5: I agree with Person 4!
Persons 6-9: We don't want to do anything!
And then they have a vote! And they decide, through some further arguing and bickering, to sacrifice 8.4 percent of their goats to the gods, and institute a tax of 8 percent. And so the measures passes the council.
On the other hands, if Persons 1-5 said, "Come, let us go to our brother's houses and take their goats and sacrifice them to the gods!" that would be theft.
Perhaps you can see the distinction between sanctioned and unsanctioned, now?