StarvingMartistAug 15, 2025

Go on then

https://sh.itjust.works/post/44159812

Show threadEtherWhackAug 15, 2025

People need to learn that when they hear ‘inflation is down’, it doesn’t mean things are getting cheaper, it just means that the increase in cost is slowing down.

Is it a psychological tactic that news media is using to make consumers more complacent? Who knows. But, whenever I hear someone mention that phrase like things are improving, I die a little more each time.

Show threadJankatarchAug 15, 2025
“Inflation is just supply-and-demand when you think about it.”
Show threadbierAug 15, 2025
Not really… The economy is more and more controlled by a hand full of large multinationals. So if one corporation has 90% of the market (using different brand names to fake competition), they can raise the price far beyond just supply and demand. In the end we all need food and Healthcare etc. When you have the option of paying way to much (for some medicine) or dying, you can’t really say no, right.
Show threadpivot_root

And shelter, which developers, slumlords, and property management companies would be more than happy to see doubled every decade.

If you include necessities beyond just what is needed to not end up dead, we also have:

  • Electricity
  • Sewage and waste disposal
  • Personal transportation (in North America, where suburbs are sprawling and transit is inadequate)
  • Phone or internet (needed for employment)

There are plenty of places where the average person has no choice but to get bent over and fucked by profit-seeking corporations.

Aug 15, 2025 at 9:18pmWeb