Even if, in theory, you can have a static society by forcing everyone to keep doing what they&#x27;re currently doing--which you can&#x27;t, because many peoples&#x27; business is providing services to new or closing businesses, and any unexpected events will cause cascading effects that your static society can&#x27;t accommodate--I don&#x27;t see how that&#x27;s at all desirable or relevant to real economic issues.<p>And of course the profit motive is central. It&#x27;s the whole reason why anyone makes products in the first place.