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 Why does it depend? If you don't want to play it, you're free to leave.  
 That's nice thing for single bitcoiner digital nomands. You cannot build society on that. For most families or businesses moving is more costly than paying 30% tax. That doesn't make the tax legitimate that just means that thugs are stronger and have advantage. Choosing to pay a robber rather than dying doesn't make robbery legitimate. It's a victim blaming telling that people who don't move agree with tax. We as a society need farmers and families and factories in order to survive a humanity  
 It's not that expensive to move if the closest alternate jurisdiction is 10-20 miles away. That's quite the cop out. And if you are truly opressed would you not move for your future generations, no matter the cost?