often, the malicious force actively pushing for increasing profits is systemic itself - the responsibility of public company executives to maximise shareholder

often, the malicious force actively pushing for increasing profits is systemic itself - the responsibility of public company executives to maximise shareholder value. also, most of the time I think "evil greedy people" is just people who are far enough abstracted away from the impact of their deeds that they have no connection to the impact. If you're looking at departmental budgets all day, you probably don't see the patient who gets refused treatment.