FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoTerribly performing memecoinlemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1198arrow-down1imageTerribly performing memecoinlemmy.worldFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareMontagge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 day agoThat’s when compared to other currencies. It has lost value when compared to itself in 2013. https://www.macrotrends.net/4534/cpi-purchasing-power-of-the-dollar
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·edit-21 day agoWell according to that measure the us dollar has lost purchasing power every single year since 1955. (excluding 2008). And that’s the most important measure! But it still totally invalidates the point of the meme
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoThe point of the meme is that our inflation is bad.
That’s when compared to other currencies. It has lost value when compared to itself in 2013.
https://www.macrotrends.net/4534/cpi-purchasing-power-of-the-dollar
Well according to that measure the us dollar has lost purchasing power every single year since 1955. (excluding 2008). And that’s the most important measure! But it still totally invalidates the point of the meme
The point of the meme is that our inflation is bad.