Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Bloodletting is the *perfect* metaphor for using rate-hikes to fight inflation. A ...
Bloodletting is the *perfect* metaphor for using rate-hikes to fight inflation. A vintage image of the Treasury, spattered with blood, makes a great backdrop. For the foreground, a medieval woodcut of bloodletting quacks - give one the head of Larry Summers, the other, Jerome Powell. For the patient, use Uncle Sam's head.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/20/bloodletting/#inflated-ego48/
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