There was about 5 minutes in the Maxell episodes that I was thinking "Great, this is how capitalism SHOULD work for the greater good...."

There is a version of this story in an alternate timeline where Maxwell could have ended up as a hero of a thriving and healthy scientific community.

The profit motive of capitalism brought together all these disparate scientific studies into a coherent and productive system.

All he had to do was say "cool, I've made my money, let's turn this into a not for profit" and then go off to put his inarguable skills to use in another field.

It's maddening that for a brief period of time he COULD HAVE gone a different direction and society could have turned out entirely different.

Greedy motherfuckers