I think you talked yourself into agreeing in the end that inflation is full on theft. Yeah I can see why its so hard for people to see, its seems like all the layers and steps are deliberate, to cause enough confusion, to stop people delving further.
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I have trouble believing that civilization destroying levels of evil are deliberate choices. It's just a matter of people who can see the forest for the trees that keep charging ahead in total darkness without heeding or understanding the consequences of their actions.
The issue is that we've literally seen this movie before. Many times. We need people in office who are tired of watching it.
CAN'T see the forest for the trees...
Majority don't ask enough question, its above my pay grade excuse assume person with higher authority / expert will know, surely they investigated thoroughly. Everyone assumes everyone else has done their job properly. No one has and we get a big mess, everyone forgets how we got there. Yeah I hope its not a conspiracy evil intent. That would be horrible.