You’ve misunderstood the point of my response. On an individual basis limiting the amount of taxes you pay can be beneficial and I believe it is the best practice. On a societal scale, tax is a necessity to fund expenditure associated with a prospering civilization Wether your particular country is bad at allocating tax resources is not the point of the Original Post, the point being that if you are going to avoid Bitcoin (and escape from the current systems seen around the world) because those tax systems are predatory you are doing it wrong