It is also a machine with no feelings. That is why human beings better own up to the fact that they indeed create and operate the companies that fuel this machine. I feel it is about time we all start remembering that workers are human beings as well. People are motivated by the profit incentive. It is true most people are now forced to work to survive, but clearly money is not the prime motivator .
People take pride in what they do and produce, particularly when they are in charge of it.
Competition makes for a healthy economy. Most everything people have done to create societies and civilization has been based on cooperation. People enjoy team work and team sports and volunteerism. More recently, people have been trained to compete in everything, which creates fear, greed and domination by a few. Global economics and big corporate efficiency benefit us all.