dabac

To each his own then.
I'd say that a thicker spoke makes for a laterally more rigid wheel, and that a laterally more rigid wheel is more resistant to tacoing.
Maybe you're thinking of a special subset of tacoing due to a fairly pure vertical load, where I'm thinking of a significant lateral component.
In the case of a lateral component, one side of spokes has to stretch for the other side to go slack, and a thicker spoke will stretch less for the same force.
All other things being equal, in terms of lateral rigidity, available cross section is hugely important. Reducing this by the use of butted spokes or by reducing the spoke count leads to the same result - more sideways displacement for the same amount of force.
If you're a clyde, eventually there's a tradeoff. What use is good durability if the wheel flops too much sideways when honking for instance?