What I always wondered if there's a way for the US in particular go back to 1990s prices. What would have to happen for that to happen? It was just more convenient buying certain small items.
Inflation eaten your paycheck. With rising inflation your paycheck worth less and less, if inflation is less than expected, creditors benefit and debtors lose. Creditors receive dollar payments from debtors that have a higher real value than was expected. Who are creditors? Banks, governments, some institutions, corporation, handful of people is controlling the rest of the world.
That`s about to change very soon I think. Now we have something we never had before, weapons to fight back, now we have crypto.