Why Everything Costs More and Gets Worse

— Shrinkflation and product degradation mean consumers pay more for less quality across food, household goods, and services.

— Corporate consolidation in industries like groceries, beef processing, and airlines reduces genuine competition despite appearing diverse on shelves.

— CEO compensation structures tied to stock performance create incentives to cut costs and boost share prices rather than serve customers or invest in quality.

— The expanding money supply (growing at ~7% annually) disproportionately benefits asset owners and those closest to the financial system while eroding wage earners' purchasing power.

— Crony capitalism, enabled by broken money, creates a two-tier system where large institutions receive bailouts while workers and small businesses face real consequences for failure.

— Bitcoin's fixed supply and decentralized rules prevent monetary manipulation and level the playing field by removing special monetary advantages for the politically connected.

— Recognize that rising prices and declining quality stem not from capitalism itself but from monetary inflation and regulatory capture that protect incumbent firms and punish savers earning fixed wages.

— Consider how broken money (fiat currency with unlimited supply) transfers wealth upward to asset holders and those with early access to new credit, making savings and retirement planning harder for ordinary people.

— Bitcoin's fixed 21-million supply and open access offer an alternative that cannot be diluted by central authorities or reserved for the politically connected, restoring equal rules rather than equal outcomes.