Not to put words in the OP's mouth, but I think it's not so much about the USA's not respecting human rights as about that _and_ its having too much power for e

Not to put words in the OP's mouth, but I think it's not so much about the USA's not respecting human rights as about that _and_ its having too much power for everybody's good. By not having to pay taxes to USGov, they probably hope to make that power diminish. EDIT: Good God, I've always been the guy arguing with your average America hater that we should count ourselves lucky that in the monopolar world we live in, the US is that only superpower that remains (as other candidates, such as Russia and China, would be a lot worse for everybody). I still think this is the case, but it's getting harder and harder to justify the position, with USGov seemingly hell bent on tranforming the country into a surveillance state.