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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by tardedmeme on Sunday May 17, 2026 @12:52AM (#48166133)
That's just inflation, which is primarily controlled by the government via the money supply. It doesn't mean anything. What does mean something is the severe deflation in wages and consumer goods - why is all the money printing remaining in the rich person's realm instead of trickling down?
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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by Muromec on Sunday May 17, 2026 @03:20AM (#48166743)
Peasants aren't picking up enough shit after the rich to distill traces of gold from it, that's why
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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by dmoy on Sunday May 17, 2026 @11:41AM (#48169916)
Inflation is not up 4x in the last 10 years...
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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by tardedmeme on Sunday May 17, 2026 @04:54PM (#48173101)
Depends what you measure. I already said it hasn't been affecting wages or consumer goods and that's weird.
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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by dmoy on Monday May 18, 2026 @06:32AM (#48177620)
Very, very few things even in isolation have inflated 4x in the last 10 years.

But as for this

> why is all the money printing remaining in the rich person's realm instead of trickling down?

Always has been, it's kinda one of the defining features of capitalism

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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by tardedmeme on Monday May 18, 2026 @08:29AM (#48178795)
> Very, very few things even in isolation have inflated 4x in the last 10 years.

The assets in the S&P 500 have, that's what was brought up.

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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by dmoy on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @10:42AM (#48193972)
Right, but that's a separate thing from inflation, so I don't think you can describe it as "that's just inflation".
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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by tardedmeme on Saturday May 23, 2026 @05:28PM (#48251710)
Prices going higher is the definition of inflation.
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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by dmoy on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @01:51PM (#48283193)
Prices of stocks going higher is not the definition of inflation, no.
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