[eivarv]

No, it does not – for two reasons:

  - Two wrongs don't make a right: Someone behaving unethical does not excuse unethical behavior from someone else.
  - There is a difference in the power dynamics of the relationships: Consumer and service provider VS citizen and state.

If anything, laws and right should be strengthened to explicitly ban this behavior.

[int_19h]

You may disagree with that justification, sure. The point is that there are people who are convinced by it.

[eivarv]

Whether people are convinced or not – your claim was that it provided "justification".

My point is that it does no such thing – it doesn't hold up as a valid argument (which really is the bare minimum for something to even be considered as potentially true).

[int_19h]

"Justification", like "legitimacy", is a subjective measure.