i think the participation argument is distinct to some extent, like sort of like morally corrosive on one’s character. i’m sympathetic to the experiential/phenomenological critiques but think they’re mostly marginal, and apply equally to like, going to the DMV.

and some of these criticisms are still dependent on thinking “it’s *my* money going to fund bad things”. we’d need to cache out ‘participation’ a lot more for this to have bite. and i don’t think it’s unique or even best handled by insurrectionist types