Wow! Let’s get a few things straight shall we? I am a "rightist" extolling the virtues of capitalism...I did not sign up to educate you. Of all the things you say are "up" are you saying that they were at their historically proper price and have now broken through the top of a reasonable pricing model? Gas? Coffee? Are you a self appointed soothsayer of supply/demand/cost to produce/risk analysis?
Were you picketing and lighting your hair on fire when the cost to produce hamburger was BELOW its "fair value"? Probably not. Gasoline and Oil? Probably not. Were you futzing around late spring of 2020 when the price of a barrel of oil went negative? Of course not.
There have been imbalances in markets since the beginning of time. I’m certain the ancients who owned water stops along the Silk Road or the largest buggy whip maker of 200 years ago each lamented loudly that it was someone else’s fault and that life was unfair when circumstances changed. People hate change, those who resist real change suffer the most. I would wager there are people with houseboats on what is left of Lake Powell crying about the value of their boat slip has tanked!
If you had a minor clue about economics, you wouldn’t have assumed that anyone who happens to disagree with your ill informed opinion on certain subjects must be of the opposite political persuasion. I don’t disagree with your analysis because you and I might be on opposite side of a political topic, I disagree with your analysis because it isn’t based on fact or knowledge.
The effects of inflation on the disadvantaged can be a shock because they either don’t have the resources or ability to maneuver. I get it, if your resources are finite then yes, you have to consume less hamburger in order to survive. Real wages have been pretty flat for a couple of generations. That is changing....some may say wage inflation is terrible, others may say it it just catching up to the historical trends.
At the end of the day, I couldn’t care less whether you like or don’t like the concept of capital flows and free enterprise. You are more than welcome to fight the windmills. Oh, and to address the topic of the thread...if a 50 basis point move in the Fed funds rate triggers the need to sell your audio gear at a fire sale, you probably shouldn’t have made the purchase to begin with. I have been under the assumption that the typical Audiogon participant could afford to participate in a not-so-inexpensive hobby. I feel empathy for the individual who through the hard knocks of life find themselves disadvantaged. I feel no empathy for the person who levered up their credit cards in spite of the obvious circumstance that they couldn’t afford the purchase.