Touché sir, the achillies heel of capatalism, is that if unchecked, and completly unregulated, leads to less freedom of choice. But I stand by my comment that “Corporations are not inherently evil” when considering the true motive of pure uncorrupted capitalism.
We all see examples of capitalism devolve into corruption, as we see the same in politics. True capitalism means the right to make a buck without breaking the rules (laws), and having “Integrity”.
To be abolished soon from a dictionary near you, the word that comes after “integration”, and before “inters”, Integrity!
And Sir, we do see little, if any, of that anymore.
I agree, they aren't. The original function of corporations, as joint-stock companies, was to spread risk and make larger trading expeditions possible, in order to mitigate and abate "gambler's ruin".
Nothing wrong with that.
As for gain, well, anyone who ever reaped a crop has "taken a gain" on his labor and original (seed) investment.