That is a good point but wages from labor are not a profit. It’s a trade. Your time and effort for the money. So it’s even worse than you portray. Companies ma

That is a good point but wages from labor are not a profit. It’s a trade. Your time and effort for the money. So it’s even worse than you portray. Companies maximizing profits is not a trade that they suffer for. It could simply be theft out of the employee’s pocket, or in the form of harm done to the environment.