Nominal wages vs purchasing price
I tried to read the post. Really. But it was ... so lonnng! I got confused. And then there were all those comments! They were just words! Reading is harrrd.
From Twain's Conn. Yankee
Nominal wages vs purchasing price:
"It isn't what sum you get, it's how much you can buy with it, that's the important thing..."
Arguing with low-information serfs:
"But if you will believe me, he merely looked surprised, that is all! He didn't grasp the situation at all.... I could have shot him, from sheer vexation."
(h/t the mindful daughter for pointing this out)