Do you owe society anything beyond paying your taxes, such as having children?

Furthermore, what is the bare minimum an individual should feel obligated to give back to society?

Amount aside, should taxation even be required? How about military service?

At what point has one given enough to their country?

Do you think your society or country has been especially good to you?

Feel free to opine, debate and discuss.

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hartfire

I'd say the fewer children we have the better it is for reducing global warming and environmental pollution.
Humans have become a plague that is threatening the life of the planet.
We need to learn to live in harmony and balance with nature, or in the long run our species and most of the current round of evolution is doomed to catastrophic global extinctions within the next 50 years.
If the current rate of warming isn't slowed, we will reach food insecurity and massive refugee exoduses around the globe by 2030.

My country treats people fairly, up to a point. There are plenty of exceptions and holes in the systems.
I worked hard and paid for every cent of what I have, but got very little benefit.