Because no one wants to stop them. The few who can will make deals that benefit both of them and those who benefit from stopping them don’t have the power to do so nor can they get enough people to care enough to do anything.

I would choose my wife since my mother could use some rehydration. One could say she is a little ashy.

Then it will eventually come to its end and become:

“don’t be evil, but gre e dy and posessive is okay”