I'm fully aware of the distinction; I was playing with the ambiguous distinction between evasion and avoidance (as you say, the distinction being that avoidance is legal) by using the language of the person I replied to. I was trying to imply that there is no profound difference between avoidance and evasion, just the definitions given by the rule of law.
I assumed wedrifid knew the difference and was suggesting you were morally bound to evade rather than merely avoid taxes if you draw the line at supporting the military industrial complex. I don't necessarily agree with that but I took that to be his point.
I would have thought that maximizing tax avoidance is something that any aspiring rationalist ought to be doing as a matter of course.
I was trying to imply that there is no profound difference between avoidance and evasion, just the definitions given by the rule of law.
The fact that you can go to jai...
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