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[โ€“] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oof, that's not how economics works.

Inflation is good so long as wages are rising with it. It's killing us right now because wages are stagnating hard right now.

That's a feature not a bug.