Im Argentinian and lived here almost my whole life (30y) except a for 5 years in the Netherlands.
I Agree with your comment, it is embedded in the culture. But I disagree that people are the same at their own level, on the contrary. The problem is that this is not a new issue, we have the same goverment for the last 20 years and inflation and corruption is always getting worst. During the 90s we had 1USD == 1Peso. Nowadays 1USD == 320Pesos, and thats 24% more than two weeks ago, and usually inflation is at least 5% per month!.
I have no problem with high taxes if those reflect to the services goverment gives back (like the nordic countries). But if you pay 50% taxes on paycheck, then 20% on everything you buy, then 5% per month on inflation, and the result is an insecure unstable shithole is totally not fair.
I promote paying and reciving paymentes on cash or crypto, and do my very best to avoid taxes, credit cards, bank accounts, etc. Because the politicians are destroying my country and I dont want to finance that.
USA did the same in the name of anti-terrorism, after (possibly) blowing up their own twin towers. If I were an USA citizen I rather give my information to a Chinese company than to a USA company, since at least the Chinese can't raid me if they don't like me.
Something similar happens nowadays in Spanish, where people use an X as a gender-neutral suffix. Ruining the experience for the visually impaired users that use screen readers. The irony of being 'inclusive' with the non-binary while being exclusive with the visually impaired
In Argentina thats not true. In fact you need $44.000 for a family to dont be considered poor. But if you earn more than $50.000 you start paying income taxes.