Well, cigarette companies can't even be said to be "crap peddlers" really. Lots of people enjoy smoking, that's almost the problem - they enjoy it too much and

Well, cigarette companies can't even be said to be "crap peddlers" really. Lots of people enjoy smoking, that's almost the problem - they enjoy it too much and can't stop. I think you could argue that addictive substances shouldn't be considered a normal part of capitalism, they're too far from the norms, but that quickly takes you down a complex path (is a water supply "addictive"? you sure do need one!). I fully agree that money is the best mechanism we have to decide if work done by someone is valuable or not. Teacher's wages are suppressed by the fact that it's not very hard and there are lots of people who want to do it. Whereas administration is (perceived as being) harder and not every teacher is willing to move into management.