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> USA did this in the pandemic, and now you have the consequences. You can't print money from nothing, its that simple. When it was going on, you couldn't spea
by systemvoltage 5y ago
> USA did this in the pandemic, and now you have the consequences. You can't print money from nothing, its that simple.
When it was going on, you couldn't speak against it. Every single comment on HN or otherwise, that brought up inflation was being casted as right-wing or consipiratory, and therefore flagged. If you tried to speak about inflation just in last year, March 2021, you wouldn't be able to on HN.
Why did we do this?
- WaxProlix 5y agoHere's a search for comments with 'inflation' in them between feb and may of '21. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1621296000&dateRange=custom&dateStart=1613088000&page=0&prefix=false&query=inflation&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1621296000&dateRange=custom&... There seem to be plenty of comments discussing inflation in the first ~10 pages which are not flagged/dead/downvoted to oblivion. Was there maybe some other reason the posts you're thinking of could have been cast as right-wing or conspiratorial?
- systemvoltage 5y agoIt was very difficult to say anything. I’m surprised you found some exceptions, I was just going by the memory. I distinctly remember it was such a struggle to express. Even the mildest comments about inflation were straight out flagged as it was against helping the struggling lower-middle class. I think HN is still better, it was far worse anywhere else (Reddit).
- aortega 5y agoI think its explainable because back then you were in the part of fuck around, and now you are in the part of find out.
- systemvoltage 5y agoI reluctantly admit, I laughed pretty hard at this.