Yes but also the entire definition of "profitable" vs "unprofitable" work is messed up. Simple example: The real, measurable costs of pollution - illness, poll

Yes but also the entire definition of "profitable" vs "unprofitable" work is messed up. Simple example: The real, measurable costs of pollution - illness, polluted drinking water, etc - are externalized and so companies doing said polluting are "profitable." Would they still be profitable if those costs were not externalized? I suspect not. Similarly I suspect there are externalities not being accounted for, for self-interested reasons on the parts of those collecting the profit, when assessing which types of work are profitable or not.