I guess we should try and move away from labels a little bit - because a lot of time is spent discussing whether communism is true communism, or if what we have is capitalism, corporationism, corporate state capitalism or whatever.

Name it however you like, it doesn't change that there are processes you mentioned that bring about the results we don't like. We need to focus on those.

> Today's capitalism is shaped by the profit motive -- and the profit motive has no morals and no ethics.

In a way, our economy is a paperclip maximizer. It doesn't love or hate you, but you're an expendable resource that can be used to make something else (profit within the system).