I was about to order some shirts off of Vistaprint and their prices have literally gone up 30% in the past day. Thirty percent.
My partner works at a pharmacy and the price of toilet paper is now – on sale – a buck a roll.
Gas is rising out of control and people are blaming Biden and Trudeau while the corporations that run the monopoly of the gas world are the only ones to blame for the rising costs.
The only way to drive a vehicle and get away from paying for gas is to get a crazy expensive electric car that only the rich can afford.
Meanwhile, news organizations are suggesting we just need to work longer hours or get better jobs to make it through the rising costs of living. The problem there is that companies largely refuse to allow people to work enough to make overtime and you need to be 18 years old with a doctorate and 3-5 years experience in order to get a livable wage.
When is the revolution happening? Can it be this week or before we are all slammed on the streets and have no resources to survive, much less launch an effective revolution?
Holy balls. Things aren't even incrementally going up anymore. It's one wild leap after another – then reported by megacorps with record profits.
What the hell can we do? Hope you're having a better morning than I am with a little less existential dread.