The cost of things has gone up so much so that it's glaring. Imagine paying 5-12$ for an average meal you could get before for 3$. The jump cost is extremely high. Cooking a meal at home can cost you the same amount you would spend on eating in a restaurant. Funny enough people still afford all these things without complaining. My anger is that we make money to spend it all into our normal life expenses. It's difficult now to save or invest unless you part of the rich people in society. An average man has to just eat, pay bills, and survive.
Cause the needs and wants of people do not change regardless of if things become more cheaper or expensive. You can't just stop people from wishing for more or fulfilling their needs. Some people will certainly adjust or learn how to budget accordingly, but people will always be spending when it's for something that they want or need, that's one thing for sure. That's why some motherfucking manufacturers out there push out monopolies to make sure that they control the market and jack the prices up against the common joe's wishes. Take for example insulin, which is a commodity that a huge portion of people in the planet needs so badly to survive another day on this planet, because only one company controls the insulin at least in the US, they can jack the prices up whenever they want and people will not have a choice but to complain, but buy that shit anyway. It's exploitative, yes, but it's a testament to how you can't force people to just adjust.
I for one do not condone adjusting your lifestyle for the sake of not spending more money if it can be helped. You can open yourself to even larger earning ventures out there without hampering your lifestyle, so why suffer just so you can get by?
This isn't just about people tightening their belts when prices spike or a company controls everything. It's life-or-death for regular folks in a system built to keep 'em down. Look at insulin; it's not a fancy car, it's whether you breathe or not. And when one player calls all the shots? They're not just running the show, they're strangling it, milking people who need that medicine to live
This is textbook exploitation, showing exactly who has the power and who pays the price. The haves keep getting more while the have-nots suffer. But are we gonna just accept that? Are we gonna go down without a fight? Hell no. This isn't about making do, it's about making change. Sure, finding better income helps, but this ain't an individual problem. We need to band together, break these monopolies apart, hold them accountable. Because it's not about just surviving, we deserve a life where they can't bleed us dry just to make another buck