I think most people understand that fiat money does not hold its value. If income > expenditure, people can store their value in real estate and the stock market.

Unfortunately, most people aren’t perturbed enough about the implications of such inflation hedges:

- the rich get richer, the poor get poorer

- you are trapped within the system (property taxes, property is illiquid. Investing in the stock market enforces group-think, strengthens the relationship between corporations and the state at the expense of personal freedom)