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Inly if you redefine “rich”. Increased purchasing power makes you richer, giving you a chance to build wealth. Inflation robs this from society and is oppression. I really don't care to be gaslit about economics.

Bitcoin fixes this.




Inflation only impacts actual cash. Land, stocks, gold, durable goods, even loans, and other forms of wealth are not directly impacted by steady state inflation.

Remember, if you have money in an interest generating account then you don’t have actual cash you have an IOU for cash with whatever institution you deposited that money with. Now, changes to the inflation rate or hyper inflation are another story, but consistent ~1.5% inflation is the goal.




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