Yes, You Should Worry About Inflation
For a generation, the Left dismissed any concerns about inflation as elite fearmongering. But now inflation is here. And it’s hurting workers more than anyone.
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Inflation
So long as capitalism is not overthrown by the proletarian revolution, it will continue to live in cycles, swinging up and down. Crises and booms were inherent in capitalism at its very birth; they will accompany it to its grave. But to determine capitalism’s age and its general condition — to establish whether it is still developing or whether it has matured or whether it is in decline — one must diagnose the character of the cycles. In much the same manner the state of the human organism can be diagnosed by whether the breathing is regular or spasmodic, deep or superficial, and so on.
“This is a really terrible way to live. And it’s kind of insane that we force everybody to live in this way.”
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“Everybody needs a raise. Not no 50 cent, not no 20 cent. We need a decade of raises.”
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“I’m confident it is vital to separate the Soviet Union from Russian imperialism.”
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“Even under ideal growing circumstances, the Middle East cannot compensate domestically for the huge amount of imports lost to the war — and the growing circumstances are far from ideal.”
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“There were so many alarms ringing, but I didn’t listen, because all I saw was more profit.”
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“We walk on eggshells at work knowing they’re just waiting for the chance to discipline us. We have mandatorily watched multiple videos and read multiple letters from corporate that involve anti-union propaganda.”
