Even with your definition of "What a system produces is always its purpose" is still usually incorrect. The US hasn't "turned a profit" (had a budget surplus) f

Even with your definition of "What a system produces is always its purpose" is still usually incorrect. The US hasn't "turned a profit" (had a budget surplus) for the majority of the past what, 100 years? Lots of places don't tend to run long-term budget surpluses either. Governments generally don't "turn a profit".