Our party, for example, is putting heavy pressure on applying price caps on energy and groceries right now. Is that a Marxist thing? Not really. Is it achievable and will it help the working class here? Absolutely. It is one of the things we can do as a party right now to improve the lives of the working class. And after that we can shift the pressure to a step further.
But for capitalists, it doesn’t make sense as it impacts your ‘unlimited growth’ fantasy. It would make sense in a way that you can’t always charge as much as you want as people might not be able to afford it, thus harming profits as well. A price cap is always in effect, in some way, as capitalists do have to calculate how much they can charge while still maintaining a good enough income flow. But as soon as the price cap is forced by a third party, like the government, you can bet your ass the capitalists will raise hell.
In what way do you mean?
Our party, for example, is putting heavy pressure on applying price caps on energy and groceries right now. Is that a Marxist thing? Not really. Is it achievable and will it help the working class here? Absolutely. It is one of the things we can do as a party right now to improve the lives of the working class. And after that we can shift the pressure to a step further.
But for capitalists, it doesn’t make sense as it impacts your ‘unlimited growth’ fantasy. It would make sense in a way that you can’t always charge as much as you want as people might not be able to afford it, thus harming profits as well. A price cap is always in effect, in some way, as capitalists do have to calculate how much they can charge while still maintaining a good enough income flow. But as soon as the price cap is forced by a third party, like the government, you can bet your ass the capitalists will raise hell.