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Inflation. (lemm.ee)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by LemmyQuest@lemm.ee to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
 
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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago
[–] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

At this point? Industries who had to raise their prices due to a large number of concurrent issues a while ago didn't drop them afterwards keeping the difference as profit. They're now still raising their prices without any economic factor driving the need to. To the common person, the main contributor is the supermarket.

Putin's war does slow Ukraines food output straining the international food market. However, this is a minor factor which has been mitigated, and even if the war ended today the market has shown nobody will lower their prices.

Profits drive inflation.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Capitalism’s

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
  • Putin.
  • Saudi Arabia.
  • Global shitty response to covid pandemic, especially by Trump and dimwitted conservative followers.

No Surprise CPI and inflation spiked post-pandemic. Came down massively since its peak in 2022, though.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait since when are we doing serious answers here?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

When did here start?

[–] CouncilOfFriends 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Your cousin is probably fucked in the head, because I have never heard anybody claim that. But yes, continue to fellate poor Vlad.