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Originally Posted by mav1178
sure, if you want to think of the US government as the primary producer of tech products in the world.
I get people use "inflation" as slang to describe things, but there are some stuff in the world that requires better terminology for accurate info.
I can type up a long, detailed explanation of why people are buying GPUs for 3-5x MSRP ("inflation", or better yet, personal greed + excessive demand + cryptocurrency pricing 5x in less than 12 months) but if you want to paint a broad brush then I won't contribute to this conversation.
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Like the worldwide silicon shortage.
No one talks about how entire auto plants have shut down due to this.
Demand for products that need chips from these fabs has jumped across the board.