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Weirdest thing about this is that it would actually be comforting to me if there was a villain executing an elaborate plan. Instead it's just greed that drives it. You put a regular joe through business school, give em a CEO position with shareholders breathing down their neck and they'll start pushing shit down their customers throats in no time.
Wouldn't that make greed itself the villain? Turns out following a socioeconomic philosophy that can be boiled down to "Greed is Good" leads to deliberatively exploitative and harmful outcomes, even for the "winners."
Unchecked capitalism is just as bad as communism. Capitalism kept in check by proper regulations is good. That demands a well functioning democracy however, and is unfortunately quite rare.
And solid intitutions and regulations.