Political parties internalize capitalist economic necessities before they can govern.

Evidence

Before a party can even come close to governing, it usually goes through a process of political education in which it internalizes capitalism’s “economic necessities” and adapts to them. Indeed, once the compromise of a society based on wage labor is accepted, the party must adopt policies that maintain a docile labor force and protect profits, essential elements to attract capital investment. What measure of a government’s success is greater than having “revived the economy” and gained the trust of the markets? — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 366

Categorization

• QUESTION: This raises the question of how this ‘political education’ works concretely — through funding, media, expert advice, party selection mechanisms?