This blog on CHAZ drew one entirely friendly while critical response that got me thinking further about consent. I argued that some portion of taxes was voluntary and consensual and that therefore city property was not all stolen property, but belonged to taxpayers. The writer disagreed about the voluntary aspect. For him, none of the taxes he paid in Seattle was voluntary: “…I lived in Seattle for 25 years from 1975 to 2000 (the life of the infamous Kingdome.) I spent those 25 years in the northern neighborhoods of the city north of Lake Union. I learned soon enough that … Continue reading Further Thoughts on Consent