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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I get what you are saying, but think about it like this. If all you ate was McChickens then food inflation for you specifically was almost 300%. So even though "real" inflation was lower, you are still paying 3 times the amount you did before for your food.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

See I get that, and that’s absolutely fine. There’s just a gigantic difference between saying “hmm, it seems like inflation for ‘budget’ items used by poorer individuals has gone up at a higher rate than other items, let me see if I can find some info on that” and “nope! The government is lying, actually! I can tell from the vibes.”

One is very solution and truth oriented and the other is impatience that only sets them up to fall for further conspiracy theories and emotional arguement