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Wait, so the price of literally everything else has gone up, but those costs stayed the same for +100 years?
The bigger part, the royalty fee, was expressed as a percentage:
I'll note that even the higher rate is lower than what most countries end up charging.
Wow, that’s actually a massive increase.
Good.
Don't worry man, once the wealth that's been created trickles down, it's gonna come with interest. We'll all be rich baby!
🤣🤣🤣
Can’t wait! Going to buy a yacht.
It's by design. Anything that costs corporations money or benefits people will not be tied to inflation, while taxes and fines that mostly affect individuals will be raised to match inflation.