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sanatanadharma

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2. The DOW is capitalist approved inflation

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:56 AM

Feb 15

Inflation is general considered bad; rising prices and inflation are said to be problematic
Why then is inflation of stock prices not problematic?

A DOW of 50,000 is a clear sign of inflation unless the entire economy of everyone is booming, and it is not.
The stock market today is a Ponzi scheme where true value is disconnected from the inflated costs of buying stocks.

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