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Inflation on the Road to Fascism
How bad does it have to get before we unite? How much more do we have to lose before the silent majority finally finds their voices?
The majority of us believe in the right to have an abortion, yet we allow ourselves to be bullied by the minority. The majority of us believe in raising the minimum wage, yet we allow others to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford rent.
How long can we pretend that the empty supermarket shelves are just a “temporary” thing; that the prices on groceries that are jumping by dollars every week are just going to level off somehow?
Many Germans struggled in 1920 when a loaf of bread cost the equivalent of $1.20, but others who could still afford that price simply accepted it. But “by mid-1922, it was $3.50. Just six months later, a loaf cost $700, and by the spring of 1923 it was $1,200. As of September, it cost $2 million to buy a loaf of bread. One month later, it cost $670 million, and the month after that $3 billion. Within weeks it was $100 billion, at which point the German mark completely collapsed.” https://www.businessinsider.com/hyperinflation-bread-costs-3b-2012-10
Why do so many people delude themselves into thinking that this can’t happen in the United States? The signs are all…
