Unpleasant aspects of the real world, such as taxes, censorship, crime and fraud are now features of the virtual world, too (see Technology Quarterly, in this issue).

现实世界中一些让人不愉快的方面同样出现在了虚拟世界中，如税收、监察制度、犯罪和诈骗(见本期科技季刊)。

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Users got fed up with high taxes on the manufacture of things like virtual T shirts, so they sent their avatars on strike, marching and carrying signs against their own world.

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Japan has been on a similar track--periodically raising taxes to save the national pension system--which has contributed to the virtual stagnation of its economy since the late 1980s.

FORBES: Which Will It Be?