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Same thing happened to me. When you finally have to face life living as an adult, reality hits you right in the face.
Sorta. You could also say the system.
Plenty of people get a job and flip their perspective on taxes. Some go "man shit is expensive we really should use our tax dollars to help people who can't afford it" while others go "man shit is expensive, if only I didn't have to pay stupid taxes"
Which both are fair especially when tax dollars aren't spent on its citizens and instead spent to blow up brown kids and hospitals. Really comes down to education I think