Explain M-C-M’ to show how capitalists maintain and increase their wealth.
1)  A capitalist remains wealthy through the process of M-C-M’ or Money-commodity-M’,and the labor of the working class. A working-class individual will put in the necessary time and labor power to do their job, whether that be creating a commodity such as building computers or selling a commodity like a retail worker selling clothing at a store. The capitalist will then profit off of this by either buying the commodity at a low cost and re-selling it at a higher cost or benefiting off the surplus value created by the worker. The clothing store, for example, will outsource and have their designs made for a cheaper price while they sell them for higher using Money – to buy the Commodity – to sell and make more M’oney. Capitalists will also gain money through surplus value, which can be slightly exploitative.

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