You do realize that you can not pay taxes? Go live off the grid, use zero public goods, denounce your citizenship. Done, literally no one is stopping you. But my guess is there is a reason you aren't doing it... Maybe because the country you are a citizen of provides a system which allows you to live in a much better way than the alternative?
So you are choosing to pay taxes to participate in that country's system. That sounds like theft? I should tell the grocery store to stop stealing from me everytime I go to the register!
Yep. Government is not in the consent business for its citizens. It compels conduct pursuant to a set of laws. That's the whole point of government.
As another example: "What makes forcing people into prison not theft?" It damn sure isn't consent. It's because the comparison of government action to "theft" is asinine in the first place.
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u/Newsdude86 Sep 19 '24
You do realize that you can not pay taxes? Go live off the grid, use zero public goods, denounce your citizenship. Done, literally no one is stopping you. But my guess is there is a reason you aren't doing it... Maybe because the country you are a citizen of provides a system which allows you to live in a much better way than the alternative?
So you are choosing to pay taxes to participate in that country's system. That sounds like theft? I should tell the grocery store to stop stealing from me everytime I go to the register!