Good post.    The god of these believers is profit and wealth.    A lot of sins get 'overlooked' and justified in the name of the investment class.   It's a huge group if you include pension funds and 401k, (that would include me).     I don't think the income redistribution from wage earners to ownership is sustainable, morally or economically.

Money buys power and power in the hands of folks who enjoy using it (including airline cops), seems to win most battles.  A significant emotional event will eventually change the direction of our social values.   I have no idea what that event might be.