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Tether is lovely for many people, because there are many entry points without AML/KYC.

This allows you to trade while minimising your exposure to the taxman, something that many people in crypto value.

Of course, there is the calculated risk of Tether being seized, but that's part of doing business.

Bitcoin itself was born out of active rebellion with the existing financial system, and depending on who you ask, rebellion of the state itself.

Go to a bitcoin meetup that's a few drinks in, and ask how many people pay taxes ;)

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Please pay taxes. Change the system instead of giving it reasons to put you into jail. I don't think very highly of people who brag about not paying taxes which they are due.

Please do your darndest to legally pay the least amount taxes possible and find every opportunity to change the system so taxes are lowered: you tax money will, in the vast majority of the cases, be wasted

Stop feeding the beast.

Starve it every opportunity you have.

Both opposites of this tax debate spectrum are flawed. Most important thing is to enjoy life. If you focus too much on avoiding taxes, or pay them too much, you are losing. Pay what you pay and only spend resources on tax planning if it makes sense.

I prefer to support Swedish's society and just pay my due taxes, thank you. The beast here is responsible for a lot of the quality of life we enjoy, public services included.

Very much the same here, I've been paying taxes on crypto for years now and I'm in the Netherlands.

How about paying your taxes and "doing your darndest" to change the system so that tax revenue is spent wisely for the benefit of the whole of your society?

I prefer not to play games that I know are rigged against me.

Like talking about storming the capitol, plotting to evade taxes is all fun and games and may even work for years, until it goes "too far" and everyone gets arrested.

If you don't pay taxes, you're cheating the rest of us.

We in the west have extremely luxurious societies but this isn't cheap. When a few rich people cheat on their taxes, a large number of poor people suffer.

Not paying your taxes is theft from the rest of us.

“depending on who you ask, rebellion of the state itself” — as if it was a bad thing!

Environmental protection - check Public education - check Research spending - check Social security - check NASA - check

There’s a lot I like about the state! Yes, I admit it has many problems and frustrations.

But given we moved *away from the gold-standard, what is different now that makes it wise to accept a fixed money supply?

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