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Re:Estonia clocks fastest inflation in the Eurozone at 20.1 ... by cehrlich on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @09:35AM (#31667108)
Yeah, same in Austria. Energy prices on my provider are going up by 90%, many food items are up 50%+ since the start of the year, and outside of some grumbling in private conversations I've not heard much complaining.
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Re:Estonia clocks fastest inflation in the Eurozone at 20.1 ... by freeflight on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:04AM (#31667517)
> outside of some grumbling in private conversations I've not heard much complaining.

I mean, where else would you hear about it? Are you expecting random strangers on the street to just angrily scream at you about increasing energy prices and inflation?

Imho one of the biggest giveaways was when German supermarkets started mentioning "inflation" in their discount prospects, first saw that like 2 months ago.

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Re:Estonia clocks fastest inflation in the Eurozone at 20.1 ... by solarkraft on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:05AM (#31667534)
Yeah, that's something people sometimes do in the form of protests. But I think almost everyone realizes that there's no easy way out this time.
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Re:Estonia clocks fastest inflation in the Eurozone at 20.1 ... by cehrlich on Friday June 10, 2022 @06:00PM (#31699829)
there were huge protests against vaccines and mask mandates not too long ago (not making a moral judgment here, just saying people are definitely not afraid to voice their opinions loudly in public on some issues)
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Re:Estonia clocks fastest inflation in the Eurozone at 20.1 ... by solarkraft on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:04AM (#31667522)
It may be similar in Germany. Populists from conservative-right parties have made this their new topic and some people are responding to it, but over all the reception isn't very strong.
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