It’s because the rate of profit has a tendency to fall.

I was just thinking how captured the basic necessity of hydration has become. So many people have become fooled into emptying their pockets to buy soda etc. and the idea of merely drinking normal water is not enough. Plus the lack of enforcement to regulate a universally clean water supply to all areas. I mean… clean accessible water is a super basic foundation of civilisation. Now corporations have diverted that need into profit and almost certainly helped derail any plans to ensure that water is safe and drinkable.

You now live in the monopolist stage of capitalism, aka imperialism.

Read "imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism by Lenin" for more insights.