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Not paying taxes isn't an option. OP's point is that the average person can't affect any of that change, and this is one of those situations. Also, why would I or any other citizen feel responsible that the government used tax dollars for bad things? I don't like that my taxes are used for something I don't think is good, but the reality is I don't have any control over that, and if the timelines were different and someone else were in power making decisions, odds are that it would be worse than it is, assuming we're referring to the US and Israel/Palestine. Anyone that's paid any attention to politics forever knows that one person could scream until they're blue in the face about where their tax money is going, but it won't change anything.