Inflation sucks. The deflation we suffered under the gold standard and the panics and depressions caused by the shocks to the money supply were worse.
At the extremes though, how does hyperinflation differ from deflation? Broke and unemployed, starving, society ripe for revolution, extremism, fascism, communism, whatever - what’s the difference again? This is admittedly using the extremis. I think I’ll fondle my I-bonds again. ;)