Taxation as slavery

Historically, the earliest and most widespread form of taxation was the corvee, which can be traced back to the beginning of civilization.

[1] Most people accept that slavery was a part of life in places like ancient Egypt, the Mediterranean, ancient Rome, and Greece etc, but most people don't realize that the slaves got to keep a large amount of their own money or wealth.

For example, in some of the first records of taxation and slavery from over 5000 years, we see evidence that Egyptian Pharaohs only collected 20% tax on grain harvests,[2] and yet the subjects were considered slaves at this high level of taxation, as is recorded in the book of Genesis 41:34-36 "Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

"[7] George Mason University professor Thomas Rustici uses two hypothetical anecdotes to illustrate his point of view: In the first, Sam Slime mugs a person for £50.

However, the second scenario is arguably worse, since through the state, Slime is now empowered to repeatedly take others' money, thus putting them in a condition of slavery.