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submitted 11 months ago by pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 92 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's purposeful. The system is collapsing and the only option they have is to lie to people to convince them to continue participating.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

"you now have to spend more money to survive" -> "people are now spending more money" -> "the GDP is going up" -> "the economy is doing well!"

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

If you are eating fast food and you give a shit if the price goes up you already lost.