On the other hand, the craving to “punish the capitalist” (rather than to correct particular abusive situations) also converts a finite end into a transcendent one.

If the transcendent end is “fairness”, then why bankrupt operations that must contain costs in order to survive?  Why act as regulatory gods when the only other option for the worker is unemployment?   As the central state steals money – er, taxes greedy businesses – in order to pay for “unemployment benefits”, it puts more businesses on the margin.  It puts more businesses into the position of “needing to exploit the worker”.

Why open this contra-Pandora’s box where good intentions take flight and the last to emerge is the bill: societal bankruptcy and totalitarianism?

We are blown by the winds of “good intentions” that “make us feel wonderful about ourselves”.  But are these only the airs of finite ends.