One of the endlessly frustrating things about modern capitalism is knowing that if I don't monetize my kindness, there are usually two people profiting: one who

One of the endlessly frustrating things about modern capitalism is knowing that if I don't monetize my kindness, there are usually two people profiting: one who monetizes my kindness instead, and one who learns to simulate it. Both of those people are almost certainly assholes. It's not psychologically healthy to change my behavior as a result, or to dwell on the above, but the fact that my psychologically healthy behaviors are trivially exploited for someone else's monetary gain seems like a major flaw in the system.