I know a guy who left Australia permanently and refused to repay his student loans to the tax office.
I told him, "They'll catch up with you eventually. It's the government. The taxman always gets his pound of flesh."
He said, with much fruitier language than is here represented, "Bugger 'em! Those bastard boomers pollies all got free education in the seventies then they took it away from us as soon as they were in charge. Amanda Vanstone didn't pay a cent! If they didn't have to pay, I don't have to pay! [Extended string of bad words]."
This is confusing an 'is' with an 'ought'.
Let's say for the sake of argument that paying for uni really is a grievance injustice. I don't think that it is, within reason, but go with me here.
Let us also assume that refusing to pay will not right the wrong, because the government will indeed catch up with you. They did, as it happened.
What is the purpose of not paying?
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