This would pretty much be disastrous in the US because so much if the identities are based around a heroes journey. Unlike many Asian countries that more easily

This would pretty much be disastrous in the US because so much if the identities are based around a heroes journey. Unlike many Asian countries that more easily accept socialist narratives, the fundamental driving force in the US is that we are NOT equal and NOT the same. It is about equal opportunity and a certain type of freedom yes. But all this is to serve the purpose of individuals proving to the world, others, and themselves that they are better and so deserve more. The pursuit of happiness is the freedom to be better. And better cannot exist when all is equal. Heroes require villains. Light creates dark. The self actualization narrative then is too tightly bound to the domination narrative. And domination always requires domination of humans. Attempts to humanize it by dominating instead some aspect of the world fail because we can do easily dehumanize others. It's not that this narrative is good or bad, it just is. And it is also losing resonance with the wider world. It only works when the self-actualized has some sort of moral high ground or other advantage. The taxes described here attack the resulting pattern of a run amock narrative but don't actually weaken it. It may actually strengthen it as it provokes a reflex response.