Most people imagine inflation to be a natural affliction. In reality, inflation is a man-made phenomenon... simply the debasing of currency.
@ErikVoorhees @BrendanEich this is pretty much a tell that you're in the gold standard camp. Can't just change common meaning.
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@wycats@BrendanEich I don't think governments should implement "standards" for money any more than standards for religion, sex, and food. -
@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich I don't mind the FDA. -
@wycats@BrendanEich Then you pay for it. -
@wycats@BrendanEich Sorry, that was snarky. That's fine if you don't mind it, but I'm ethically opposed to the central planning of food. -
@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich this kind of hyperbole (making modest things out to be the same as a more extreme) makes discussion hard.
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@wycats@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich but worth noting that this is inflation's original definition, and for good reason -
@samselikoff@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich are you sure this isn't a retcon? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation -
@wycats tis a retcon, just in the other direction@samselikoff@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich -
@wycats it was re-defined in terms of its negative effect to make it seem less inherently bad@samselikoff@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich -
@machty@samselikoff@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich [citation needed] (primary sources please) -
@wycats twas from the wikipedia article you linked?@samselikoff@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich -
@machty@samselikoff@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich citation needed for the rationale of the change. -
@wycats can't really cite a primary source, it's not like there was some official referendum@samselikoff@ErikVoorhees@BrendanEich - 1 more reply
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@wycats Beware post-hoc reasoning. Any scarce hard-to-game (Gold has not always been, note well, goldbugs!) base beats fiat.@ErikVoorheesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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