Post #3337354

2026-06-09 19:56 UTC

But am I wrong though? We have to form new governments that actually listen to people and has their consent before we give them taxes. Any other kind of government is just a mafia.

Replies (2)

@theparadox@lemmy.world 2026-06-09 20:39

Not paying taxes because you don’t like the government or what the tax dollars are spent on is problematic. It’s a subjective judgement. If you are justified in not paying taxes for what you don’t like, someone else is justified in not paying taxes when the government does things that you like just because they don’t like it. The purpose of democracy is to find some kind of consensus. If you don’t like what the government is doing, find like minded people and work to change minds and the government. The only way to justify not paying taxes is to argue that you are being denied the ability to participate in the government system and have no legitimate recourse. Honestly, we are at that point now that the government is transparently corrupt. That’s just not the angle you were arguing.

Open ##3337353
@silentjohn@lemmy.ml 2026-06-09 20:05

Of course you're wrong. That's just Libertarian/Ancap nonsense...

Open ##3351416