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> I don't like paying taxes.

If we replace "taxes" with "paying for an army, paying for police, etc." than the above statement seems strange. I can understand "I don't like what society choose to build (with the taxes)", but some things can't be let to the free market.

> I have to go do the fucking IRS's job

That's a society choice. I have no experience with IRS, but other countries have tax systems that are much more automatic (come prefilled with most info for example). But taxes are maybe a bit higher (because if you don't do the job, someone needs to maintain the systems that allow the automation).


The only reason you have to do the IRS' job is because the "free market" you love so much spends obscene amounts of money buying out your government and making sure people have to use their products in order to not go insane filing their taxes.

In most countries filing taxes is a painless process that takes 5 minutes and is more or less completely automated for you.


> Society is about conforming.

This is an expression of personal preference. It is a common preference but not universal.


Society is what people invented so that different people can live together. If you do not conform you're banished to jail.


Have some empathy for your fellow humans. Life is better for everyone, you included, when you give people some grace and don't assume bad intentions




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