I truly don't feel like the standard of living has improved at all since the late 2010s

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Only the semiconductor enthusiasts and the corrupt elites who succeeded in wealth management have reaped the rewards.
For most working-class and middle-class people, there is absolutely zero feeling that the standard of living has improved.
Normally, it is only natural for wages to rise more than the inflation rate,
but comparing the late 2010s to now, the inflation rate is clearly higher.
People who love traveling abroad feel this painfully.
Back in the late 2010s, low-cost carrier prices were insanely cheap,
and travel costs worldwide were truly very reasonable until then.
Whether it was Japan, Southeast Asia, or Europe, everything was truly worth visiting.
Now, thanks to those bastards at No-mer-go and Hyuk-su-dae, flight prices have skyrocketed,
and travel costs are spiraling out of control. Even in Japan, the weak Yen means nothing as prices are surging.
Not only that, but even PC components, which used to decrease in price, have gone up to absurd levels.
Semiconductor and AI companies have literally paralyzed the real economy of the common people.