THIS APPLIES TO A LOT OF THINGS: A good way to know you’re living through high inflation is when you’re discouraged from talking about it.

Gas is more expensive (up 42.7 percent). Cars and trucks, too (up 7.6 percent for new and 31.9 percent (!) for used). Your wallet is surely feeling the burn at the grocery store (up 3 percent). Meat, in particular, is getting really expensive (up 10.5 percent), to the sure delight of the anti-animal food crusaders out there. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ official measure of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), pretty much everything is more expensive across the board: 5.4 percent more expensive when compared to last year, according to government bean counters.

Watch how you talk about this seeming inflation online, though. And watch what you read, too.

We know we need to be on the lookout for wrecking misinformation when it comes to our health, our elections, and our political class’s networking equipment. Now we can add our economy to the mix. According to some experts, talking about rising prices could be extremely dangerous to our democracy.

When you realize that “our democracy” is a code phrase meaning “Democratic Party political control” it makes sense, though.

Related: Karol Markowicz: The most expensive holidays ever? This is a big deal. “We’re told, by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that these are good problems to have. People have money to spend, allegedly, so they’re spending it and making the price of items go up. The high prices are the Biden administration’s success!”

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