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 Profit is what’s left over after one covers the expenses for everything that is needed to produce a good or service. In other words the signal that what one is doing is valued by the market and sustainable. A business that cannot produce a profit will soon be parted from its capital.

My response was not flawed. It is exactly what happens when property rights are respected. We know that because we can see how humans act. We are not talking quantum mechanics here