The end reminds me strongly of Ted Chiang's remark that Capitalism is the machine that will do whatever it takes to prevent us from turning it off.
> Ted Chiang's remark that Capitalism is the machine that will do whatever it takes to prevent us from turning it off
but that's every economic model and every government model. That remark says nothing.
the enemy of capitalism is people and nature.
I can't think of a large successful -ism that doesn't have that property.