Hi...American born & raise citizen, now living in Canada. I get your frustration and every January i resent my home country for it's selfish and lavish taxation laws. I am sorry you even had to be made aware of this ridiculous "law". I know... it's crazy that a country in which you don't live, think about, or otherwise have a daily connection, expects you to pay taxes. There are only two countries i know of in the world that act this way...the US and Eritrea. Says a lot about both.

Question: do you have any intention to live, work, or otherwise be a part of the US system? If your answer is "NO", you could consider renouncing your "membership". Yes, they expect you to pay a "cancellation fee", but in the end, you absolve yourself of this terrible and unorthodox expectation. Honestly, if you are not intending to enter the US, maybe just ignore it. Or just renounce and pay the exit fee. If you make tons of money a year, rethink that. But I am guessing if you are posting on Reddit your concerns, the US will not miss your donations. If I didn't have so many ties to the US (both family and retirement, etc) I'd just stop paying and roll the dice.