People are FORCED to reap the so-called benefits of public works every day even if they didn't ask for and don't want the service. Taxation without representation is when the government forces you to pay for something you don't want, you didn't ask for, you don't support, and very often it is something you strongly oppose. For example, public education, social security, foreign wars and medicare. Any form of forced-collectivism is evil.

So if a robber gives me a pizza, it cancels out the burglary they just committed? Because that's exactly what you're saying.

Wah wah I have good roads and public utilities. Not everyone wants to just survive. I feel you on wars and taxes, just saying not all public work is bad. I clean up oil spills for the public. Feels good

I didn't say they were all bad. What I said is we shouldn't be forced to pay for a government service if we didn't ask for the service and/or don't want the service. Roads and utilities are two of the few government services you don't pay for unless you want to use them. Road tax is part of the price of gasoline. You pay for roads when you buy gasoline for your car. If you don't a want to use the road, you don't pay road tax via your gasoline, so you're not forced to pay for it. Utilities are the same. You have to hook into the public utilities and use them before you're charged for them. If you don't want city garbage collection or city water, you can do your own thing, and they don't charge you for them. However, you are forced to pay against your will for bullshit like foreign wars, retarded woke public schools, Medicare, social security, abortions, etc. Those that want to support foreign wars should pay for the wars themselves, and if they force us to chip in, they should be hanged.

I work for the public, and you have no reason to hate me is what I’m saying. Just spend my days trying to keep people safe

There's a three-prong test I always use for public servants: 1. You agreed to contract to uphold the laws and your country, right? 2. Many of said laws can be considered immoral and unjust, don't you agree? 3. Therefore, would you agree that you agreed to uphold immoral and unjust laws? If the answer is yes, then I have every reason in the book to hate you. Obviously, I don't think you should be punished as badly as Pete Hegseth, but you at least need to forfeit any rights to any State property once its privatized. Just saying.