• appelkooskonfyt@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      You can’t just compare the dollar value of items across countries when median incomes and cost of living vary so much. The same dollar has different buying powers in different countries.

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        11 months ago

        But I can compare the increase by percentage, and everything went up in cost in America, so Russia can’t expect anyone to give a shit about their problems when they are murdering and land grabbing. Fuck Russia, and fuck anyone sympathizing with them.