Inflation is a tax through which the government legitimately plunders the wallets of its citizens.
Every banknote you hold is merely a component of a colossal fraud, the Fiat Money system, sustained purely by 'trust'.
1. Seigniorage and the Expropriation of Wealth
The state prints money (Quantitative Easing) to finance burgeoning national debt and the expenses of gratuitous welfare programs. This inevitably devalues the currency circulating in the market, constituting a legitimate 'expropriation of wealth' that transfers the labor value of diligent common citizens holding cash to the powerful elite and asset owners.