I finished this week reading and it was nice that it was not so dense. A little bit of a breather.

Use-values must therefore never be looked upon as the real aim of the capitalist;

like I know its obvious but it was nice seeing Marx say that? but it just reminded me how like capitalist make a bunch of junk that don't function fully or like break down and stuff. just like not good stuff that wont last for years usually and needing to be replaced.

Suppose then, that by some inexplicable privilege, the seller is enabled to sell his commodities above their value, what is worth 100 for 110, in which case the price is nominally raised 10%. The seller therefore pockets a surplus-value of 10. But after he has sold he becomes a buyer. A third owner of commodities comes to him now as seller, who in this capacity also enjoys the privilege of selling his commodities 10% too dear. Our friend gained 10 as a seller only to lose it again as a buyer. [11] The net result is, that all owners of commodities sell their goods to one another at 10% above their value, which comes precisely to the same as if they sold them at their true value. Such a general and nominal rise of prices has the same effect as if the values had been expressed in weight of silver instead of in weight of gold. The nominal prices of commodities would rise, but the real relation between their values would remain unchanged.

I dunno why but that reminded me of like landlords and them raising rent? I'm not sure why it made me think of landlords for some reason? I guess it just reminded me of landlords because like, for example, I heard people say if UBI was given, landlords would increase rent, and it just sounded a lot like what was said in that paragraph? or if like someone getting a raise or tons of people getting a raise, landlords again raising rent. I dunno, im not sure how much of it applies to landlords and stuff

Our friend, Moneybags, who as yet is only an embryo capitalist,

and this has nothing to do with anything, I just thought it was funny to see Marx calling a capitalist, Moneybags