Right, the goal is to make profit and any social value produced is strictly incidental. Another aspect of this is that the government itself serves the interest of the class that holds power. In a capitalist society this happens to be the capital owning class. These are the people who own the media, fund political campaigns, and so on. In my view, private ownership (where somebody owns a business and hires workers) is fundamentally at odds with having any sort of a democracy that actually represents the working majority. Every enterprise should be owned cooperatively.
Right, the goal is to make profit and any social value produced is strictly incidental. Another aspect of this is that the government itself serves the interest of the class that holds power. In a capitalist society this happens to be the capital owning class. These are the people who own the media, fund political campaigns, and so on. In my view, private ownership (where somebody owns a business and hires workers) is fundamentally at odds with having any sort of a democracy that actually represents the working majority. Every enterprise should be owned cooperatively.