Tax Evasion Is a Physiological Need

Tax rate of 9% Tax Collector's office Vaults hold 348 Deben Tax rate of 18% Currently working with complete efficiency, our collectors ensure that all due taxes on their routes are paid. 6 employees (6 needed) Self-actualisation achieving one's full potential, including creative activities Esteem needs prestige, feeling of accomplishment Belongingness & love needs intimate relationships, friends Safety needs security, safety Physiological needs food, water, warmth, rest Innate Physiological needs Tax evasion

The clip shows a city-building game where an Egyptian-style city raises its tax rate, constructs a thick stone perimeter wall, and sends mounted units fleeing outside the walls. A Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid then appears, with “Tax evasion” added beneath innate physiological needs. The joke treats escaping taxation as a biological instinct so powerful that even walls cannot contain it; the mock-serious narration and game footage make the absurdity land as a reaction to oppressive taxes or bureaucracy. EN: The clip shows a city-building game where an Egyptian-style city raises its tax rate, constructs a thick stone perimeter wall, and sends mounted units fleeing outside the walls. A Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid then appears, with “Tax evasion” added beneath innate physiological needs. The joke treats escaping taxation as a biological instinct so powerful that even walls cannot contain it; the mock-serious narration and game footage make the absurdity land as a reaction to oppressive taxes or bureaucracy.

And unfortunately, you can't build a tax prison, whereby you lure immigrants into your city with low taxation, then suddenly pump the tax rate to 25, and prevent them from leaving with a double layer thick perimeter of solid stone. It turns out the desire to emigrate is so strong that people simply phase through walls, reinforcing the theory that even lower on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is the physiological requirement for a human being to evade taxation.

• @pokupkabitka / 27103 2023-08-05