Habanero on Nostr: It's almost as if; if you are residing in a territory with a pre-established common ...

It's almost as if; if you are residing in a territory with a pre-established common defense "a state" you are consuming the products of that state ( peace, law enforcement, jails, court systems, enforcement of property rights) The taxes the state forces you to pay uphold that system... if the state didn't force everyone to pay the commons defense would collapse due to the tragedy of the commons and the free-rider problem. It sucks to pay taxes... it sucks waaaayyyyyy harder to live in a lawless society without private property