Safe to assume, then, that you fully investigated all dealings related to the coffee or tea brand you drank this morning, along with any milk or sugar brands you may have used?

What about the toothpaste, soap, shampoo, deodorant, towel brands while you were getting ready this morning? Let’s not forget the water and power company, along with the clothing you’re wearing. Can you say for certain none are associated with interests that are actively working towards our demise? You’re responsible for your actions.

Who forced you to use them? Was there a gun to your head? If you’re not completely off the grid and pure in your choices, why are you taking the expedient/sweet/easy/whatever way out?

And is it also safe to assume that you opt out of paying taxes, because taxes are theft, right? I mean, you did say this:

To each their own, but working somewhere where they will take your money and not give you access to it - means it isn't your money.

Am I engaging in hyperbole? Yes. But I went there because you missed my point.

It’s impossible to escape the con. We’re surrounded by it every day. And there’s no reason to shame people for investing their hard-earned money because they believed it would bring financial security or freedom.