<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>Weatherall (npub1lj…83h7d)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1ljxdldrq885zamfkn82k7zcjs4lrsf9wykrh9e3hq4thh89vlzxsr83h7d</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>&#34;I&#39;m paying taxes if I like it or not.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;No — you&#39;re not compelled to pay. Compulsion requires jurisdiction, and jurisdiction requires a chain you haven&#39;t established:&#xA;&#xA;Context → Capacity → Status → Choice of Law → Jurisdiction.&#xA;&#xA;Being a private citizen working in the private sector is a PRI context. It&#39;s not a statutory office. It doesn&#39;t make you a taxpayerPUB. Citizenship and work are non-privileged descriptors — they never create an obligation on their own.&#xA;&#xA;No connector. No consent. No capacity-creating act. No jurisdiction.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Paying taxes&#34; isn&#39;t proof of an obligation — it&#39;s just an act. It doesn&#39;t create a statutory office. It doesn&#39;t bind you. It doesn&#39;t make you a taxpayer.&#xA;&#xA;The burden is on whoever asserts the obligation to show: a statutory office, a lawful connector, and a capacity-creating act. Not presumption. Evidence.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;If I like it or not&#34; is a presumption dressed up as a fact. Jurisdiction doesn&#39;t attach to a bare assertion of will. It attaches only after every prerequisite is satisfied.&#xA;&#xA;So the real question isn&#39;t whether you&#39;ll pay. It&#39;s whether jurisdiction over you has ever been established in the first place.&#xA;&#xA;</html></oembed>