- 16 Apr 2008 14:15
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Capitalists argue that in order for the market to ensure enough food for the population, it must regulate the prices according to supply and demand.
But nowhere, except in really, really poor nations, do people eat less because of higher food prices.
We will naturally fill our basic needs first, leading us to eat the same amount of food we usually do, whereby the higher prices serve no other purpose than giving more money to the food industry. It serves no practical purpose for the greater good or community!
But nowhere, except in really, really poor nations, do people eat less because of higher food prices.
We will naturally fill our basic needs first, leading us to eat the same amount of food we usually do, whereby the higher prices serve no other purpose than giving more money to the food industry. It serves no practical purpose for the greater good or community!
Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, materialist, small-government, free-trade, non-absolutist, controlled-market kind of person, who also seems quite Marxist.