It's astonishing how easy it is to get people to forget about purchasing power. Even here in HN you often see people use that in "they don't make 'em like they used to" type threads.

Inflation just turns people’s brains off.

Some of us just panic and react without thinking about why food is getting more expensive or what policies will improve the world for us now and our children in the future.

When people are hangry, they vote for the loudest monkey.