Gas prices have risen to new highs in the past few months with the American Automobile Association estimating that the national average for a gallon of regular gas stands at $5.009 as of June 16.

According to its figures, the highest prices can be found in California, where the average price is $6.428. The lowest average price, meanwhile, can be found in Georgia, where the price is around $4.497.

While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Moscow have played a significant role in the price spike, together with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Joe Biden has also come in for criticism over his handling of the crisis.

However, for character actor Norris, best known for playing DEA agent Hank Schrader on AMC’s Breaking Bad and the hit spin-off series Better Call Saul, it’s more complicated than that.

Attempting to address the root cause of the problem, the 59-year-old tweeted: “You’re not getting ‘robbed’ at the pump. You’re paying fair market price for a commodity. If you love Capitalism so much then stfu.”

At the time of writing, Norris’ remarks—widely interpreted as critical of capitalism—have been retweeted and quoted nearly 7,000 times, garnering 55,000 likes.

Some backed the actor’s comments. Blarpvs quoted the tweet, writing: “Hank is correct” with Azad Krutt adding: “He is one of us.” John_Wakefield, meanwhile, quipped: “Breaking Bad Actor Dean Norris to play Karl Marx in theatrical adaptation of Capital Volume I.”

One word popping up frequently among the positive replies was the word “based”—a political slang term which, according to dictionary.com, refers positively to an instance of someone being themselves and “not caring what others think.”

In online parlance, it is often used to praise someone for speaking out on a particular topic. In this instance, Norris was earning acclaim for his apparent anti-capitalist sentiment.

StevenForrest_ shared the tweet captioning it “Breaking Based” while Jom_Music commented: “based take from Dean Norris as per usual” MasalaRole, meanwhile, quoted the tweet alongside a caption that read simply: “Basedddddd.”

“Dean Norris of all actors being based is a genuine shock to me,” neuromancercore wrote. “Usually an actor who regularly plays cops will have much more reactionary views in real life.”

In a 2017 interview with British newspaper The Independent, Norris spoke about his support for the Democratic Party and criticized Republican former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.

“He [Reagan] was the first Trump, from my perspective. People that voted Democrat all their lives, and then all of a sudden came the idea that Democrats were kind of p*****s, and Reagan became like, a man. The working class, which for economic reasons alone should be the constituents of the Democratic Party, became the constituents of the Republican Party. And we literally now have a man who lives in a golden tower speaking for blue-collar workers,” he said, referring to then-President Trump.

Not everyone was enamored with the actor’s remarks though.

Jmkmrk81 told Norris to “leave real life problems to the people who understand that stuff” while Cardinalfan9633 wrote: “The worst thing about Twitter is learning actors you like are insufferable.”

Crysyck claimed “there is possibly nothing more capitalist than being an actor” with Anguslyne sarcastically tweeting: “Ah yes, another anti-capitalist multi-millionaire. Interesting.” Fartgoblin817, meanwhile, called on Norris to “explain your net worth.”

Neil_Bloch asked: “You prefer pre-industrial revolution days when we were starving farmers?” while Weston_B pondered: “Do you exchange services (acting) for payment (money)? Then you’re a capitalist too.”

The latter of those two responses was quickly shot down by Copykitkato though, who replied: “I forgot living under a specific system means you have to support it, thanks for reminding me.”

Plenty more backed his claims further with Monica Hakimi in agreement, concluding: “It turns out people like capitalism more in theory than in fact.”

Newsweek has contacted Norris’ publicist for comment.