This seems to be a horrible example. Price is a message in the face of reality. You can democratically agree to ignore the message certainly but you have to be

This seems to be a horrible example. Price is a message in the face of reality. You can democratically agree to ignore the message certainly but you have to be prepared to counter some of the results that follow. They may be containable or they may not. Are there great examples of price control which have proved successful in the long run?