I always hear the argument for capitalism "B bb BUT people won't innovate without the profit motive" WRONG
Humans want to solve problems, create, and innovate, they do not need money to motivate them. Cavemen were painting art 20,000 years ago without the desire of money.
True scientists like Tesla, he didn't care about money it was about the pursuit of science.
Capitalism does not cause innovation, most new technology is found by government programs like nasa (internet, smartphones, etc)
In my perception regarding about your statement, in our generation even before money is very important. Even up to the present, there are lot of investors all around the world now are thinking more of how they are going to grow of their capital. Just like all the investors who came in crypto world, most of them believed that crypto's could be one of their tools to multiply their capital investment, which they are motivated to invest in it, isn't right?