If the planet isn’t poisoned more and if workers (and the public in general) aren’t killed for arbitrary reasons on a whim, ascension is canceled. 
If the planet isn’t poisoned more and if workers (and the public in general) aren’t killed for arbitrary reasons on a whim, ascension is canceled. 
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It’s a boomer take, or at least a boomer-mindset take: “dang gubmint always in the way and I’d be rich and successful and living it large if gubmint went away”
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Because it stops them from having slaves
Profit is an inefficiency baked into any private endeavor. It’s a fact. A portion of the capital must be siphoned off instead of being reinvested. Otherwise there’s no fucking reason to do it that way.