Not necessarily. But in that case we wouldn't argue for a "simple" tax system. A tax system has to be complicated because humans and their activities are complicated things.

edit: at that point, if we threw out the tax system, why not just get rid of states and corporations and start everything from scratch, said the junior dev

Seems like we should make another go at trying to structure this whole "society" thing for the good of everyone from where I am sitting.

It is if you think not every moment in the last millenium was pleasant for everyone.