Exactly “no one” knows why prices are rising. I suspect some of it is “gouging” as you say but also part of the move to create economic collapse and bring people to their knees. Some of it might be supply chain issues. I don’t really know either. If the world sees runaway inflation in N. America and the west in general, how quickly will they ditch our fiat currencies?
What’s weird is gasoline has not really risen here.
Car dealers and everyone else making so much fiat on their tech investments, good for them, just hope they know when to get out and what to get into. Those fiat gains can evaporate quickly.
We’ve been on a very long ride old friend, I’m kind of hoping this is the end of the line.