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Vladimir Putin‘s Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused oil prices to skyrocket. That has in turn caused gasoline prices at the pump to increase sharply. This was entirely predictable. We are having yet another war over oil. Apparently the world has learned little since both Gulf Wars. Indeed, even Japan’s attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago was largely over oil.
But some folks are saying that “expensive gas is the price of freedom.” This meme can be seen all over social media. For example:
Record gas prices are how Americans can count the cost of freedom https://t.co/kSMxZs0Jnd
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) March 10, 2022
Gas is expensive. Freedom is priceless.
— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) March 8, 2022
