I respectfully disagree. Jesus always wants us to uphold the truth, and the truth is on our side. "Render unto Caesar" doesn't mean "roll over and let everyone kick you." They showed him a Roman coin and tried to trap him into saying something that would label him a revolutionary.

With the amount of lies, deception, tyranny, murders, cover-ups, cronyism and back room deals that have transpired you would be hard pressed to call the current overall political regime and government righteous and truthful.

With obvious exceptions (Trump,etc) these are lazy, greedy, spineless, vindictive and even evil people who "lead us" and are selling us out towards a path to destruction.

How many people have had their livelihoods destroyed? Unable to see and comfort loved ones in hospitals? Committed suicide?

These people in charge think we are cattle and are treating us as such.

In the context of the time Jesus lived in, Caesar represented the Roman government that harshly ruled Israel. The phrase applies to us in this way: every person on earth lives under the authority of a government, and Jesus instructs us to honor that government to the extent that we can.

This verse does NOT mean that we blindly go along with unjust laws, nor does it mean that we should avoid political involvement altogether.

In 6 A.D., Roman occupiers of Palestine imposed a census tax on the Jewish people. The tribute was not well-received, and by 17 A.D., Tacitus reports in Book II.42 of the Annals, "The provinces, too, of Syria and Judaea, exhausted by their burdens, implored a reduction of tribute." A tax-revolt, led by Judas the Galilean, soon ensued. Judas the Galilean taught that "taxation was no better than an introduction to slavery," and he and his followers had "an inviolable attachment to liberty," recognizing God, alone, as king and ruler of Israel. The Romans brutally combated the uprising for decades. Two of Judas' sons were crucified in 46 A.D., and a third was an early leader of the 66 A.D. Jewish revolt. Thus, payment of the tribute conveniently encapsulated the deeper philosophical, political, and theological issue: Either God and His divine laws were supreme, or the Roman emperor and his pagan laws were supreme.

This undercurrent of tax-revolt flowed throughout Judaea during Jesus' ministry.

The Caesar at the time proclaimed himself a god and minted coins with his own image. Tribute was to be given to him with this coin (not regular Roman coins) as it was his image and personal property (he minted them at one place).

As with much in the Bible things are more rich and complex than they first appear to be.

Edit:clarity