Dr. Martin Hash Podcast

Liberty includes profiting from your own actions, but no one likes to be measured against others and come out wanting, especially if the gap continues to grow, so egalitarians react by saying everyone should be equal and stay that way; they demean profit and accumulation of wealth under the guise of altruism. The perverse & resentful Left use “profit” like a curse word.

Rather than defend profit motive, consider what it would be like without it? We actually have good examples from the egalitarian countries: the former Soviet Union, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, etc. People who didn't benefit from their additional effort, didn't do any. In fact, that slippery-slope becomes doing the least amount as possible, all the way to doing nothing because they're going to receive the same as everyone else, no-matter-what. The only way the nonprofit system works is to replace profit with force, which is why egalitarian systems must be authoritarian. However, the same people who prefer egalitarianism also prefer authoritarianism because it's not just outlawing profit; they want to eliminate any activities or goals that makes them feel inferior.