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>>58293197
On a related note, about government and others institutions and common thieves stealing society's surplus, it is also exactly because we have large-scale societies, i.e. civilizations, that we have so much to tax and steal.
Yes, hunter-gatherer societies have no taxation, but they have no surplus. With surplus comes wealth and protection, and thus the state. So it's like a double edged sword. You can have poverty and no taxation, or a civilization that comes with taxation because civilization always implies a state.
How a stateless civilization could work is beyond my comprehension, but others may be able to enlighten me.
It might even be the case that the bigger the surplus and hence the greater the wealth, the bigger the state will inevitably be.