Tucker Carlson apparently has stated that “Taxation without protection is theft”. This proposition is a logical deduction from Hobbes’s theory that the prime function of the state and the reason for its existence is the safety of the citizens embraced by the social contract. Hobbes’s theory is well-formed, comprising a powerful set of premises and deductions as to why states exist. Indeed, leaders of states often say plainly that the security of their country and its people is their foremost concern, even if their actions create the opposite condition. Many citizens, implicitly accepting the Hobbes view, expect the state’s protection. … Continue reading Taxation Without Protection Is Theft