• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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    4 months ago

    Savings are seen as inefficiency because it’s money that large capitalists aren’t able to suck out of the workers.

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      That’s actually crazy because in a capitalist banking system those funds are ideally reinvested into production via loans to firms. Although this is only because a reserve requirement is in place to limit how much can be lent vs how much there is in deposits.