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They will eat, they will skip on rent and they will do what they can with healthcare (be that public or NGO healthcare initiatives, or the local "wise person")

"But won't they be evicted?" Is a question that has several answers, but none of which you expect

First worlders perception of how to deal with 3rd world problems are interesting

Really bad inflation is obviously a full human catastrophe.

The absolute meltdown post-COVID where we traded moderate inflation in exchange for not having the economy basically seize up was, for most people on HN, an inconvenience.

Inflation in mentioned above example was 3.4% year over year for a professional at the higher end of the income scale. In that case it is inconvenience.

I agree that higher level of inflation might be brutal.

Why do they have to choose? That's not a problem of inflation, but of wealth distribution or, if you will, our system of economy.