I don't think CEO class want better, more effective companies. They have nothing to gain by that. They want monopoly situation for themselves, locked customers and helpless dependent employees.

It depends but obviously they want both, both control and value.

Enough control will create value for them anyway, it just might be at the expense of everyone else.

But they also create workers that can hop off the ship. If they're on a sinking one, they have no choice but to work hard to get back to shore.

> But they also create workers that can hop off the ship.

Sounds to me like a win for the workers, a win for the employer(in that they get better companies) and a win for society at large.