You're not being fair to this country  --  we were founded on the twin principles of capitalism and community, aka the common good, or the common weal.  Some of our States actually named themselves commonwealths.  

It's only in modern times that we have come to monetize everything, including human lives, and to put private profit above every other value.  The movie "The Corporation" is a revelation  --  even the open, unbalanced rapaciousness of corporations is quite a recent phenomenon.