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Fallacy:

Statists assert that because you live somewhere (or have a birth certificate, or citizenship, or paid taxes at one point, have a driver's license, have driven on state-owned roads, etc.), you have agreed to an implicit, unwritten contract to follow the state's laws and pay whatever taxes they demand.

Response:

A contract requires two parties; it is not a unilateral instrument. Furthermore, it requires a meeting of the minds (effectively, both parties understand what they're agreeing to), actual agreement, and exchange of considerations (you don't need a contract to give a gift).

Old papers signed by the dead are not contracts binding on the living. You can't sign a contract for other people (without their explicit permission, e.g., power of attorney).

Reference: Larken Rose's video I'm Allowed to Rob You.

Related: ../SocialContract, ../RestaurantAnalogy, ../ForceHappens