Everything Is a Lie (Inflation Edition)

— Prices should fall over time as technology increases production, but government money printing and debt creation artificially inflate costs instead.

— Corporate greed cannot cause inflation; price rises require new money creation first—without additional money supply, sellers simply cannot move inventory at higher prices.

— Inflation transfers wealth from savers and workers to the already wealthy and politically connected by eroding purchasing power and enabling debt-based ownership.

— GDP growth is a misleading metric that can increase even when living standards decline, as demonstrated by the dog-turd joke illustrating circular money movement.

— Deflation (falling prices) should be the natural outcome of a free economy with sound money, but is blocked by continuous fiat money printing.

— Money printing is counterfeiting; it benefits the counterfeiters (central banks and governments) at the expense of everyone else in the economy.

— Recognize that inflation is not inevitable or caused by corporate behavior, but by deliberate policy choices to print money and issue debt—understanding this shifts where you place responsibility and what solutions you pursue.

— Be aware that owning assets outright (rather than financing them with debt) becomes increasingly difficult in inflationary systems; this favors those who access new money first, making Bitcoin's fixed supply model structurally different from fiat.

— Evaluate economic claims about "growth" and "stimulus" critically; GDP figures can rise while your actual purchasing power and living standards fall, so personal wage growth relative to price increases is the metric that matters.