There are currently a few rules crippling the Capital Maximizer:<p>1) Don&#x27;t think in a longer term than five years.  That&#x27;s <i>risky</i>.<p>2) Labor is the worst expense to have, so minimize the amount of expensively useful work that has to be done.<p>3) Collude with others when it&#x27;s gainful, but don&#x27;t <i>coordinate</i> with others to get around rules (1) and (2).  Coordination is <i>for commies</i>.<p>&quot;It does often seem that, whenever there is a choice between one option that makes capitalism seem the only possible economic system, and another that would actually make capitalism a more viable economic system, neoliberalism means always choosing the former. The combined result is a relentless campaign against the human imagination.&quot; -- David Graeber