[Moonman62]

But that isn't what Inflation invokes. It's space that "expands faster than light", not matter. The cosmic speed limit doesn't apply to space. If you'd been sitting on some of that matter, you'd have felt no acceleration whatsoever.

[AndrewC]

It's space that "expands faster than light", not matter.

But space without matter or energy is just space and does not need to be disconnected from causality. The disconnection was needed for a reason.