These following concepts are more or less equivalent or at least progress from one to the next.
Collective coercion = fear of physical threats = involuntary force = theft = expropriation = plunder = tax = violation of contract = violence = lack of liberty = injustice.
That about covers it. I didn't miss anything did I?
So let me get this straight. Plunder = Theft = Tax.
Glad we got that out of the way. Wow that's giving me the chills. [sarcasm] I feel so much better now. Thanks [/sarcasm]
Um no. Get a dictionary. Tax is legal - the other 2 are not.
So we just have to legalize theft and then you will be allright with it?
Then it won't be theft. Theft by definition is illegal.
The problem you and Fred have is that you both equate solitary individuals with states. An individual is one person in a society and if he wants something, he has to persuade the society its a good idea. A State is the embodiment of a society; all your rights and freedoms are provided by the state. Therefore its bad logic to try to redefine "tax" to be illegal and "theft" to be legal. Its the law of the State that provides the meaning of both words.