Most people are going to back down straight away. Seriously, most people won't even stand up and have local employment laws applied. Many will keep silent about things they saw even when there is no possible retribution. Most people aren't willing to battle over things.
I'm not even sure what your point here is.
> Domestic abuse is one good example.
I don't think you truly understand domestic abuse. It has multiple layers. The first step in to find someone who is vulnerable aka someone who is not a fighter.
> Another is taxation, a system originally built off of ritualized extortion from pillaging hordes of nomads and empires in conquest.
And literally the reason for multiple wars and overthrowing of multiple governments/regimes/monarchies/etc. To this day, the reason it's accepted is because we consider it going to the common good and pooling our money to save ourselves money. Healthcare is a good example of pooling money to save money. But you see plenty of people fight against it to this day.
Have you ever lived in the developing world?
Their taxes are high because cronyism is pervasive and society is structure in a rigid caste-based hierarchy.