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 Voluntary donations. Even if some taxes prove necessary that has no bearing on whether or not taxes are theft or the morals regarding theft. If someone breaks into a cabin in the woods and lives on the food there after surviving a winter plane crash over wilderness the fact that they would have died without doing so doesn’t make them less guilty of trespass, theft and if they broke anything on the way in destruction of property. In either case, the plane crash or funding something through taxes, it better be worth being the bad guy to get it done. If it isn’t maybe that means don’t do it and live with the consequences of that choice.

If one makes the decision to engage in the necessary force to achieve their ends they also should expect the social consequences from those around them.

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