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Please don't accuse me of providing excuses for anything anyone else has ever done. I may be able to explain the reason why they did it, or why it would have been difficult for anyone to prevent it, but a reason is not an excuse.
strikes me as very defeatist.
One victory at a time is better than not fighting. I suspect things will change when a cattle farmer's brother becomes prime minister, but for the time being, at least, the government can't force anyone to eat meat.
I don't want to make this ad hominem but I'd be interested to know what steps you took to prevent the CIA from carrying out any particular covert action, particularly before you knew about it. This does seem to be what you are demanding of others, so an example would be helpful.
....if you disapprove of everything your government does, you can always apply to live somewhere else, or try to avoid paying taxes altogether.
As has been pointed out by other contributors here, simply not paying direct taxes doesn't count....
....what governments don't collect from you, they will collect from your suppliers
Intentionally staying below the tax threshold is morally fine as long as you don't expect other peoples' tax dollars to provide you with any services.
Not merely direct personal services like health and welfare benefits but sanitation (mains water and removing other people's sh1t and garbage from your environment), genuine defence of your freedom, policing in all its forms (including actively preventing other people from dumping their S&G in your backyard, and indeed even registering the backyard as yours)....and all the other economic goods that you don't purchase directly.
The moral conundrum for all conscientious objectors is that their right to object is defended by exactly the thing they are objecting to.
Life ain't easy in a complex society: other people are both the problem and the solution.
Deliberately maintaining a certain income level isn't only morally fine, it's legally fine too. It doesn't exclude me from any eligibility to recieve emergency goods/services I'm entitled to as a United States citizen either.