asourcefamiliarwiththematter on Nostr: Taxation presumes that some group has the right to take by force the fruits of the ...

Taxation presumes that some group has the right to take by force the fruits of the labor of some other group, over and over, as a right

So you are correct - slavery would be a more accurate term than theft

"Records survive of slaves [in Ancient Greece] operating businesses by themselves, making only a fixed tax-payment to their masters"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece