• someguy3@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    That’s because low inflation does not mean prices come back down, which is what people expect. So technically inflation is not out of control. But prices are still high. That’s what people mean.

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        13 hours ago

        Not really. Sorry but you’re playing pedantic with the terms. People say inflation to mean high prices.

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          13 hours ago

          It’s not pedantic. People just literally don’t understand what inflation means. Wage growth, apparently, has caught up to inflation, so it’s really just that people haven’t adjusted their mindset to the higher prices now. And they’re angry about it.

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            13 hours ago

            It’s not pedantic. People just literally don’t understand what inflation means

            In almost everything there is the scientific or technical definition of the term, and then there is common parlance. People will never know the technical terms, just accept that because all you’re accomplishing is being pedantic.

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              13 hours ago

              How basic of terms should we give up on? Inflation is not a difficult concept. I would barely call it a technical term.

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                13 hours ago

                Let me know if you stop people from using the word theory incorrectly. That’s only been going on for centuries, surely we’ll educate everyone any day!

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                  12 hours ago

                  You jest, but seriously, inflation is not that hard to understand. You apparently have a very low threshold for calling something pedantic.