The capitalistic system as practiced in the United States, as well as other countries, certainly has its place; of which one of the signal features for many of these corporations that practice such, is that constant lust for ever more money, ever more growth, and ever more market share; of which, those that run these corporations, recognize that the more powerful and the more dominant that they so become, the more that they are able to exert and to monetize that power in ways that are very positive for their bottom line.
No doubt, money is a great motivator for the people that make up these corporations, and this will continue to be so, because money and the access to money brings material benefits, that few once they get a taste of it, voluntarily wish to relinquish, except, perhaps on the most favorable of terms. Fortunately, governments have been created, that while being the legal actuators of these corporate behemoths, also have within their hands the power to restrain those corporations from the worse that unrestrained capitalism can represent, and to do such for the benefit of the people, as a whole. The problem, for the people that the government so represents, is when that government of, for, and by the people, will not act in a responsible and forthright manner on behalf of those people; for when governments will not restrain what needs to be so restrained, then corporations will do what they feel that they have to do, which often consists of finding the cheapest non-union and pliable labor source wherever it may be found throughout the globe; as well as exploiting the land, where such land matches the needs of that corporation, in which the sustainability, environmental concerns, and common sense usage of the resources of that land all typically take the backseat to profit.
Those that believe, somehow, that corporations will behave in a conscientious and caring manner, in which, those corporations will subdue their lust for profit; thereby ignoring the pressure for ever more profit from their stockholders, their investors, their Board of Directors, and their own upper management, probably aren’t correct in this assessment, for the only real constraint that can reliably hold back the maximization of profit, above all else, is the government; for only the government has the power and the resources to effectively do so.
All those that want to make money, should be permitted to make that money, but often need to be constrained in doing so, by reasonable governmental rules and regulations, so enacted for the betterment of the people, as a whole. To ignore the wisdom and the appropriateness of such governance, means what our eyes plainly see, that the rich will get ever richer, the poor will get ever poorer, and the middle class will excessively suffer from the pressure of being squeezed between those that have and those that have not.
By all means, profit has its place, for profit is a great motivator; but to fail to comprehend or to recognize that checks and balances are necessary to restrain that profit, or to redistribute such, will result in the decay of the general welfare for the people, justice silenced, and liberty, betrayed.