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Вот перевод моего ответа на английский:
This is an **economics-themed meme**, which *claims* that Norway’s wealth-tax increase caused a net loss in government revenue.
**What exactly is shown?**
**The text:**
It states that:
Norway raised its wealth tax;
it expected to collect +$146M;
but allegedly lost $448M because $54B in wealth left the country;
resulting in a total reduction of $594M in tax revenue.
**The chart:**
It’s the *Laffer Curve* — a popular but debated economic concept suggesting that if tax rates are too high, government revenue eventually falls due to capital flight, tax avoidance, lower activity, etc.
**Important to understand:**
This is **not an official report** and **not a scientific chart**, but a social-media-style visualization making a claim.
Many such images are **politicized memes**: they use selective data or interpret it in a convenient way.
The Laffer Curve is a **theoretical model**, not a universal law.
If you want, I can:
— fact-check the specific numbers;
— explain the context of Norway’s wealth tax;
— show where the argument in this picture is manipulative.

@KolibriTechSpace The argument about capital flight also misses the very important point that the deeply toxic people who own the capital are then gone from your society.

You almost can't put a value on that benefit.

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