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I'm not asking for justifications for tax I'm asking for a reason to why it's not theft.
Because you get something in return for it. It's not theft; it's payment.
But it's something you didn't ask for nor have the option to decline. The whole point of payment is that you choose to pay it.
You certainly do have the option to decline!
Serious answer, living in a society is not the default way to live in the world.
The option to say no is to decline to use the territory or services offered by a state.
In other words, one would need to renounce citizenship of any countries one is a part of. Any commercial interactions they still have with a society will incur tax, if they prefer to not pay tax at all (for whatever reason), they would have to choose not to interact commercially with any person or organisation that is part of a state.