A lot of posters on the forum love to come up with figures showing how much the dollar (the American dollar, obviously) has depreciated over time, like 1 dollar in 1913 was worth 1000 dollars today (or whatever), with the general idea being that "the grass was greener and the light was brighter back in the day"

However, what people forget to account for is the rise in wages during the same time span. And the irony is that if we actually compare inflation rates with wages, it turns out that, barring a few rather short periods, wages in the US have been outperforming inflation since WWII

It basically means that people become wealthier over years despite a declining dollar