Because the dominant ideology in America (grotesquely) equates Capitalism with justice. The poor and the weak must suffer and die to prove the rightness of Capi

Because the dominant ideology in America (grotesquely) equates Capitalism with justice. The poor and the weak must suffer and die to prove the rightness of Capitalism’s ordering principles. And to stand as an object lesson to anyone who might think about veering to far outside these boundaries. Rationality doesn’t even begin to enter into the equation in the way you describe. It’s about reinforcing a system of human sacrifice as insane and archaic millennia as old pagan traditions for the sake of preserving this order.