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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Greedflation" is the term we need to start using. It puts the blame where it belongs.
So often messaging works against Democrats and democracy in general because the world is complicated. The term "greedflation" easily distances government from the problem average people are having and puts it squarely on big business and oligarches.
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/22/2093390/-When-you-talk-about-inflation-definitely-talk-about-corporate-profits|
barbaraann
(9,151 posts)However, I can't think of a word for all of that evil.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)those with greater concentration, countries who have some kind of price control, etc.
panader0
(25,816 posts)the term just means something to blame on Biden.
YorkRd
(326 posts)We need something simple that breaks through. Putin inflation is OK but we need more.
misanthrope
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GoodRaisin
(8,924 posts)can get away with it. Just call it "Greed" and get rid of the "flation" part of it, and you will have the most accurate term to describe what is going on.