1775 Versus 2024 Taxes
1775: 2% Tax 2024: 40% Tax
The top panel shows an 18th-century crowd violently reacting to a 2% tax, while the bottom panel shows modern people calmly sitting in a row and looking at their phones despite a 40% tax. The joke contrasts historical outrage over low taxation with modern resignation and dependence on technology. EN: The top panel shows an 18th-century crowd violently reacting to a 2% tax, while the bottom panel shows modern people calmly sitting in a row and looking at their phones despite a 40% tax. The joke contrasts historical outrage over low taxation with modern resignation and dependence on technology.
18th-century crowd / толпа XVIII векаmodern people / современные людиsmartphones / смартфоныhistorical street / историческая улицаbuildings / зданияtax caption / подпись о налогеsmoke cloud / облако дымаprotest / протестseated row / ряд сидящих людейhistorical clothing / историческая одеждаmodern casual clothing / современная повседневная одеждаphones / телефоны
- @dustinthehead / 21395 2024-07-12
- Type
- image
- Size
- 658×800 · 139.8 KiB
- Mood
- satirical, resigned
- Language
- en
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