Pax, I've been over the same points with you a few times, and the energy required to keep responding exceeds my interest in the conversation at this point, particularly as I have a lot of work to do and one of my main computers had a hard-drive crash yesterday.
I will say though that there is a world of difference between making "a profit" and making "as much profit as possible, no matter what it takes."
Again, yeah it's difficult to change bad laws and institutions, particularly when there are people who decide it's "practical" or to their advantage to defend the status quo even when they know there is a better way. So stop it already!
To answer you're oh-so-polite question about whether I am a communist or a socialist, I wouldn't say so, but I have received that question (usually voiced as an accusation...) from people who well, I'll just say I guess you'd probably get along with better than I would. Is there something that offends or threatens you about discussing better systems of ecomony and law than the current ones? Nor would I call myself a "capitalist" - would you?
PvK