I'm going to start with something most people would say is immoral and work my way to something most people are OK with. Let me know when it changes:
1. I steal all your money.
2. I steal all the money you make in a year.
3. I steal 25% of the money you make in a year.
4. I steal 25% of the money you make in a year, but use some of the money to do something you approve of (build a school or donate to charity or something).
5. I demand you give me 25% of your income to do something you approve of and threaten you with violence if you don't comply.
6. 10 people let you vote with them to choose 1 of them, who then demands 25% of your income with threats of violence.
7. 10 people let you vote with them to choose 1 of them who then hires someone else to threaten you to give up 25% of your income.
8. 1000 people let you vote with them to choose a few of them to decide how much money to take from you and how to use it.
9. 100,000 people vote to choose 100 people, who then hire thugs with guns to demand money from people to be spent however they 100 choose.
10. The entire population votes to select ~1000 people who then hire thugs with guns to demand money from everyone to be spent however those 1000 people choose.
11. The entire population is put through school by the 1000 people in charge, who teach children that taxation is good and voting legitimizes their ability to take your money. They then let you vote by giving you 2 choices, both of which plan to continue stealing your money by threatening violence.
12. [Our current system of government]
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