As someone with cptsd letting go isn’t an option and death is pain relief.

You have a lot of faith in what people in this country realize while also “full stopping” the responsibility that we are funding genocide. You think that because taxes are required to be paid that that somehow removes the responsibility from the tax payer, but that’s just a cop out. If ANYONE in this country really gave a flying shit about fixing anything that is wrong then everyday would be a protest. People would give up their comforts and stop buying shit. People would quit going to their jobs. People would stop paying their taxes. We won’t though. We’re ok with the far away genocide because we can hop on social media and be like #stopgenocide so that EVERYONE knows we’re good guys. It’s all performance and you prove that with your argument. “I’m not causing genocide!!!” - You

Well that’s just objectively wrong.

What’s considered real use in your opinion?

I’m doing neither. This is a fucking fact. Our, yes our, tax dollars are killing people. I’m sorry you live in some delusion that thinks this isn’t true. You trying to reject truth and deny responsibility is the MAGA move here. Deal with it.

I didn’t say it was voluntary.

Well it’s true even if you don’t like knowing it.

True, but oddly you can contribute to wars by being American and paying taxes.

Oh no what will Taylor Swift do? Pirating from someone with $30 versus $2 billion are 2 very different things, bud. Plus non megastar artists typically make more of their money from things like performances and merch these days.

What good are laws when certain people won’t follow them?

What?

Anyone can be sued for anything.

And why is that?

They sat on their monopoly and didn’t innovate, got taken over by AMD and still didn’t innovate and instead of letting engineers do what engineers do c suite morons and execs took a bad situation and ran the company into the ground all in an effort to keep shareholders happy.

It is, but it’s also with trillion dollar companies with slave labor, and no I’m not just talking about Apple this time.

You’re right. Apple charging $1000 dollars for a device had no bearing on capitalism’s way of setting prices based on what consumers are willing to pay… Look up ultrabooks.

Why the fuck did you decide to have kids you sorry piece of shit?

Oh I’m aware. Apple set the trend just like they did with the pricing of non Apple devices.

Lol Apple fans have strong feelings about their tech choices. Defending Apple in social media gets you 5% off your next purchase of nearly the same hardware stretched across different formfactors as “choice”! Never change consumers.

It’s true, they just get nerfed into planned obsolesce which causes the company to get sued.