> No way to escape that unless you live in the wilderness.

The wilderness is all owned. Trespassers will be prosecuted.

“Rent” needs to better defined at this point.

At least some portion of utilities and tax charges pay for ongoing maintenance and investment to provide expected quality of life. Similar to how rent for a home eventually pays for a new roof or other repairs.

The profit margin component of rent is probably what most are referring to in this discussion, but presumably tax and (government owned) utilities don’t have that.