There are currently a few rules crippling the Capital Maximizer: 1) Don't think in a longer term than five years. That's risky. 2) Labor is the worst expense

There are currently a few rules crippling the Capital Maximizer: 1) Don't think in a longer term than five years. That's risky. 2) Labor is the worst expense to have, so minimize the amount of expensively useful work that has to be done. 3) Collude with others when it's gainful, but don't coordinate with others to get around rules (1) and (2). Coordination is for commies. "It does often seem that, whenever there is a choice between one option that makes capitalism seem the only possible economic system, and another that would actually make capitalism a more viable economic system, neoliberalism means always choosing the former. The combined result is a relentless campaign against the human imagination." -- David Graeber