I have a weird idea. Much of what I see the left promoting is very luxury. A luxury can be a fast food visit, a new console, or some cool new item. It's not necessary, but it's fun. The prices of these are going up.
Necessity items are gas, electricity, food in the fridge, and internet. The prices for these are going down.
There's a weird upper middle class that wants necessities as luxuries. This is the "Farmers Market" fresh, Whole Foods, and gaming PCs for work. The price going up makes them feel better, because they think the value goes up as well.
No idea how to explain this to a lefty.
I was scratching my head thinking the same thing.
I consolidated a lot of electronic equipment and swapped my workstation for something that draws a fraction of the power and it cut my light bill in half.
However, gas skyrocketed so much that it compensated for everything I saved on the light bill.