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[gnaritas]

Tax evasion hurts society as a whole because you're free loading off the system and stealing from your fellow citizens who are paying their taxes.

This argument is valid regardless of whether taxes benefit society or not.

[abcabc321321123 → gnaritas]

>stealing from your fellow citizens who are paying their taxes.

You are confusing who is stealing from whom.

[gnaritas → abcabc321321123]

No I'm really not; taxes are perfectly constitutional. Call it theft if you like but you're just being ridiculous.

[tshaddox → gnaritas]

Theft existed before the constitution, and the constitution didn't change what it means.

[gnaritas → tshaddox]

Property is a social construct, society decides what is or isn't theft, not you. Taxation is not theft, and I'm not interested in the least in debating this, it's childish. You don't believe in government, I get it, and I don't care.

[tshaddox → gnaritas]

I believe in government, I just don't approve of it, because I believe it has a net negative impact on society. My primary concern is not whether you or anyone else cares about my option, but rather what sort of societal organization might have the most positive impact on society.