• fox [comrade/them]
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      212 months ago

      Thank goodness the rate at which calories get more expensive has gone down. Surely a reduction in how fast things get expensive means that we can now afford them despite their prices not getting lower.

      • kleeon [he/him, he/him]
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        122 months ago

        you could maybe afford food again in 5 years when high prices get offset by wage growth. Thank me later biden-rember

      • Hexamerous [he/him]
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        82 months ago

        Don’t worry, the global extreme poverty line is still stuck at a realistic-grounded-in-reality $1-2/day according to very serious people doing economic “science”, so if you’re above that you’re good actually.