r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Star_king12 6h ago

want or need

So you keep buying what you need, but skip getting what you want because the prices will go down next week, and business feel the crunch because the money isn't coming. How long can you go in your old shoes or with the old iphone vs how long can businesses burn money paying salaries, but w/o income?

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u/Cultural-Capital-942 6h ago

But how many people will skip what they want because prices will go down? Because for iphones (or androids or pcs), prices will go down.

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u/CantTrips 6h ago

You're downvoted but I can see where you're coming from. Your perspective is of someone that finally sees their paycheck doing something instead of buying basics plus maybe something nice every once in a while. However, the American economy is currently held together by investments and tech moonshots. If we entered deflation, the only thing holding our paper-thin economy goes bust and everything comes down, which would have severe ramifications to everyone's income. 

Basically, we can't let investments die or it all dies.

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u/Tyfyter2002 3h ago

An economy ceases to function for the benefit of ordinary people when money no longer represents value provided to others in any way;

We can't let "safe" investments live or we all die.