Taxes are kind of a price to pay to live in a civilized society. In areas with low low tax rates and limited government they have other... issues and your protections against fraud and force are.... well less.
This is the modern socialist/statist big lie. It's a subjective statement with no hard evidence to back it up and is very convenient because you can justify almost any level of theft because who doesn't want 'a civilised society' right?
Many, many civilised nations, cities, principalities have thrived with very low taxes. If more taxes meant more 'civilisation' how is it that when socialist nations reach their end game taxes are at a maximum and the society is degenerating into a 'law of the jungle' eating the animals in the zoo state of chaos?
Worse it's used as a shabby, thinly-veiled, extortionist threat to justify more expansion of government waste. Hand over more money or we'll ruin the civilised society you built.