🧭 If justice is emotional, not just logical… how would we even know if a tax system was fair?
This post explores the emotional dimension of justice through a question most of us rarely ask:
Not just what is a fair tax?—but what would it feel like to live under one?
Using the THX lens, we dive into:
💥 Prospect Theory – Why people feel taxed even when they're not—the brain registers losses far more intensely than gains.
⚙️ Mental Accounting – How people categorize government spending and fairness in wildly inconsistent ways.
🌿 PERMAH – Why meaning and achievement are key to feeling contribution, not extraction.
🛠 12 Utilities – Where trust breaks down: value, clarity, security, and closure in the tax experience.
✨ Admiration Equation – Who do we admire more: the clever tax avoider or the values-aligned contributor? What does that say about us?
🔄 Locus of Control – Do we feel taxes are something done to us, or a reflection of what we’ve chosen as a society?
🧠 Key Insight:
Fairness isn’t just a policy—it’s a felt experience. And if we want to design better systems, we have to get better at noticing how injustice feels before it’s measurable.
🗣 Engagement Prompt:
What does a just tax system feel like to you? Would you know it if you lived in one?
Drop your thoughts in the comments—or share this post with someone you’ve debated taxes with lately.
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