Maybe I've drank the kool-aid, but I don't understand inflation to be an effect of a 'rigged system'. I think anyway you look at it, it's natural

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lupire 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Money is an IOU. It's not a secret that US central bank policy is to devalue those IOUs at a rate of 2% per year in order to artificially stimulate demand for production.

	▲	b112 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What an incredibly revisionist take on history. For decades before that policy, a policy even the Bank of Canada holds, inflation was crazy high. The 80s saw inflation, in Canada, briefly hit over 20%, and double digit inflation was a regular thing. Everyone decided 2% would be a good rate to aim for, that more control was better, to prevent inflation from flying out of control. Then some dude comes along and tries to spin it like it's a conspiracy to hurt people. Please, read a little history. Please.
	▲	gloryjulio 37 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		We can have different opinion on how much inflation is too much. But the universal consensus is that a little bit of inflation is good. It's ok if you think 2% too high. Maybe 1.25% is better. But we cannot just dispute this basic economic model and thinking that 0 or negative inflation (which would cause the stop of investment), or no consensus(that would just cause more chaos) is better. That's just absurd