The world is naturally deflationary. The price of things falls over time with increases in production efficiency, economies of scale and return on investment from capital stock.
It's only with persistent antics of rulers and governments that the current case of persistent inflation is the lived experience of most people. Going back through history, many generations on earth lived in a time when 'things weren't cheaper back then', but then all the other generations have suffered through a time when rulers/governments have granted themselves a monopoly on the monetary system, usually for the purposes of waging war or building grand monuments to themselves.
What is different about bitcoin is that it is essentially un-monopolisable like gold, but much more suited to high frequency, remote transactions. I don't have a dog in the fight but I set fascinated on the sidelines.