I understand that this is a gradient scale, but;

If I refuse to participate in their votes, understand their rules (as well as is possible since their rules seem rather arbitrary and always changing) and play their game so that they have nothing of mine to take and I behave in a way that follows my own ethical code(which is often more ethical than their laws).

Am I less a slave?

I also understand that it is impossible to avoid all taxation as it is baked into the prices I pay for goods and services.

But it makes me feel like a rebel.