tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post5281867952312167310..comments2023-12-22T15:39:43.656-07:00Comments on debitage: The Mistaken Assumption of Tax ResistanceStentorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-20777943774991875192008-10-24T10:50:00.000-07:002008-10-24T10:50:00.000-07:00If I remember right, there's a scene in The Handma...If I remember right, there's a scene in <I>The Handmaid's Tale</I> in which the government executes some people by hanging. The crowd that has been brought in to witness the hanging must also participate in it by grabbing ropes and hauling on them together to lift the condemned by the necks.<BR/><BR/>No individual person by refusing to pick up a rope and pull would prevent the executions. No small number of individuals doing so would prevent the executions either.<BR/><BR/>But can you see a moral argument for refusing to pick up a rope and pull (leaving aside the practical risks involved in doing so)?<BR/><BR/>I think you're mistaken in thinking of individual war tax resistance and other related tax resistance as motivated only by consequentialist thinking. I think it more often than not is a matter of conscientious objection than an attempt to practically defund government actions or deter them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com