[–] 27 points 1 year ago*

Thats our monetary policy. People must consume more every year to create more inflation, as technology actively reduces the price of goods.

If goods get cheaper we have deflation, they create more money supply via lower interest rates, and the price of inelastic shelter gets bid up, and asset holders receive a value windfall until prices rise. Which is why we are at a higher price to income ratio than 2007.

People born closer to the gold standard are richer, they got in when currency wasnt tethered to consumption.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Though even Sysadmin is going to be managing a SaaS cloud service or a self managed docker container on an automatically provisioned hyperconverged SAN, so its going to be obsolete in a decade. Chromebooks are where we are headed, and Google also saw the future a decade ago.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    He would be the first person in modern history to cut the government if he succeeded, even Reagan didn't despite the rhetoric. I think Clinton had the end of the Soviets which I am not counting.

    Though if you asked these people if they felt they should have higher taxes to pay for it, due to aging demographics and higher borrowing rates, they would say no as well. So what do you do?

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    Was recommended this because I love Final Fantasy 5, but it was just a terrible experience. The quests felt like I was playing an mmo they were so boring and uninspired, and the classes and skills all sucked.

    Was I just not giving it a fair shake, does it eventually get better, at the moment I can't see how anyone enjoys this.

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