Hobby Inflation

Shooting is not the only sport that’s facing the problem of steep price increases. I think of this dynamic as “hobby inflation,” and it has affected quite literally every single one of my favorite recreational activities, including bourbon collecting (where the niche-but-attainable bottles I used to hoard on a meager Ph.D.-student budget have exploded in price) and fishing. And I’m not uniquely unlucky with my choice of pursuits. Hobby inflation can be seen in golf, skiing, indoor climbing, mountain biking, photography, knitting, tabletop games, and theatergoing. Articles and forum posts with titles such as “Why Is [Insert Hobby] So Expensive Now?” have become a genre of writing unto themselves.

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Just late stage capitalism. In the west we’ve had enough years of luxury goods and delicious food, overnight shipping, and billions spent every year on market research and advertising to psychoanalyze us and create an environment which more efficiently sucks up wealth from the lower and middle class.

Inflation used to be primarily caused by monetary policy, it now it’s driven by corporate profits / greedflation. Every company out there expects record revenue and record profits every quarter and won’t hesitate to get rid of executive that don’t utilize greedflation to drive growth. There is no fixing this without a major depression/war/coup/paradigm shift.

Industrial Revolution and capitalism saved the west at one point, and progressed the world’s standard of living and technology way better than any other economic system at the time was able to. But the golden age has come and gone, I hope all you boomers enjoyed your $10,000 houses and $2,000 cars and $5 blowjobs and $2 tee times while it lasted. A lot of yall even managed to earn a pension before taking that away from the future generations, Bravo.

I'm not salty, you are salty...

I thought we just had an election about expensive eggs. Isn't Trump going to fix it?

Tex is correct.
We've been asked to foster abandoned horses from places that board horses. We took in a couple that we can use for ranch work but have declined all older or otherwise useless pasture ornaments.
Grain prices and everything throughout that hobby world has gone through the roof resulting with city folks that thought horses are cute, without realizing how much horse care costs and walk away.

Another example of folks that simply should not be in whatever hobby is under discussion.