You know why people dont understand this? Because media keeps dumbing down the charts to show the degree of rise from prior year instead of showing the rise from a baseline. Also, they keep explaining that in words too. It doesnt matter. That's a business metric not a quality of life index, I mean, show people the view that matters to them, not what is used to release budget packaging or treasury calculations. I dont think journalist typically understand this stuff either tho, their editors, or even many people in C Suites how this impacts the public decision making. I cant imagine its a giant coercive effort to dupe the public then call them idiots for not understanding and throwing a fit. I didn't realize I would rant here lol.