Make me understand... Inflation is here to stay - why?

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"Inflation is here to stay."; and then the discussion ends abruptly.

People don't mean about [effective] interest rates but the pricing, rents themselves – the skeleton of purchasing power itself.

I've read on both US & EU news journals about prices going up, up, up. Cost-push and demand-pull inflation.

From perishable goods, to all inventory goods, and finally real estate (real property).
The most commonly used phrase is: "The price is here to stay, it'll never go down, it'll only grow."

What I fail to understand, after a lifetime of studying on my own, trying to understand why the world works the way it does, always ends up: why?

I'm thinking about people that live on rents or they're stuck paying mortgages fearing for their jobs.
Does it require the entire country to become homeless for something to change AND not destroy global relations?
What do people think it'll happen if "inflation is here to stay, and it'll only grow", other than outright collapse?

Wealthy people live on a mixture of revenue backed by debt. They're indebted as well, as far as I've read, but they're not worried because they can afford that monthly pay through some clever accounting on their revenue (benefits/bonuses, dividends), with those generous offers on the debt (usually very low, compared to the majority of people).

Help me understand, why is inflation here to stay, why is it that so godly impossible to force down inventory prices/rents/real estate?
People are jaded and it seems they just want it to go away but they're too tired/mush to see into the future. They'll hope it's not them or their family.
You can't reinvent the wheel eternally, a lot of jobs have a break-even that will never rise except with the inert inflation itself.