at a game theoretic level of you vs. the competition, that's true. you're trying to maximize profit because profit is used as a proxy for solving the most press

at a game theoretic level of you vs. the competition, that's true. you're trying to maximize profit because profit is used as a proxy for solving the most pressing problems (or desires) of a set of people (i don't believe profit is a perfect proxy, but that's another discussion). but if you want a stable and efficient economic (and political) system, you want capital to continuously flow through the system, not accumulate.