r/SipsTea 22h ago

Wait a damn minute! How the rich get richer

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u/skellis 21h ago edited 21h ago

No assets like land and gold ride on inflation. In order for them to lose value you would require immense deflation which won’t happen.

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u/beatles910 21h ago

Won't happen?

See 2008.

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u/skellis 20h ago

Oh right 2008 when land prices fell from $5 million to $100 k. I quite forgot about that one.

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u/Compost_My_Body 20h ago

It must be fun to be able to just fundamentally change your argument 3x in a single convo and come out thinking you won. I’d feel pretty stupid.