> [...] architecture from a time when "maximizing profit" wasn't the only thing ever considered in building. > why do you think that the older buildings didn't

> [...] architecture from a time when "maximizing profit" wasn't the only thing ever considered in building. > why do you think that the older buildings didn't "maximize profit" for their creators? "Maximizing profit" was not the only thing considered and maximizing profit should never be the only thing considered. The idea that maximizing profit is the most important thing or the only thing is a radioactive idea that is poisoning western civilization.