You don't even need a lawyer. They don't want the truth getting into a court case. Don't correctly, you'll never go to court. The IRS is one of the easiest agencies to beat.

You're assuming the average layman. I'm talking about people who know what the law actually says, which is an incredibly small fraction of a percent of people. Even tax attorneys and most of the IRS is unaware (except at the very top) because most are just regular people like you and me.

Is there any way the average person can run a cheap/easy device to specifically just act as a relay to help widen network reach?

LET IT BE DONE

Probably help if I post the link: https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqh023gupgvw3qmkjtxqesdwt0ygafpqcw4nc97vkp5e4ztxqdea5qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytfsxyh8jcttd95x7mnwv5hxxmmd9uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dxqezu7tpdd5ksmmwdejjucm0d5hsq9ttvfk8yvznw9h9zj2tv4r566nwwqenve6l6ak7kd

Here's a good TL;DR of a book (listed in the article)

It's not incredibly difficult to just stop paying. Once you know what to say to them when (if) they send you letters, they'll typically leave you alone.