> the american obsession and mental sensitivity to gas prices is very curious

It strikes me as sensible. DRAM being cheaper over decades doesn’t negate the impact of recent price hikes.

Well it's not just recent price increases. Any time gasoline goes above $4, congress is at risk of being flipped (completely independent of the current party in control).

	▲	JumpCrisscross 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Any time gasoline goes above $4, congress is at risk of being flipped Inflation is a bitch. It’s also been the ruin of republics since at least the Romans, possibly sooner.