(Senator Warren) Chair Powell, will gas prices go down as a result of your interest rate increase?

(Powell) I would not think so, no.

(Senator Warren) Okay. Chair Powell, will the Fed’s interest rate increases bring food prices down for families?

(Powell) I wouldn’t say so, no.

I constantly think about how isolation is part of the left’s self-image. There are millions of people reading about this at once and wondering why none of the others is outraged. This is why organization is important. It is fundamentally a social act of power.