Just had a little chat with my boy claude
Tldr
“Conscientious objectors can legally refuse military service on moral grounds, but that protection doesn’t extend to paying taxes — even though taxes fund the military. Courts draw a firm line between direct participation and indirect funding, prioritizing a uniform tax system over individual conscience. The philosophical argument that tax equals war complicity is logically coherent but legally rejected. This creates a strange paradox at the heart of liberal democracy: your conscience is protected when it’s visible and direct, but ignored when it’s structural and collective. Thinkers from Thoreau to modern anarchists have agreed — yes, that’s a genuine ethical contradiction.“
Basically the entire system is unethical. So pay your taxes anyway. Got it
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