Achillean,
The son in the film growns up to be a capitalist and is not portrayed as bad or evil. In fact he is shown to be a sympathetic character who overcame deafness and an alcoholic, single parent to lead a loving life with his wife and with opportunities to enrich himself. All the other capitalists in the film are shown to be complex and interesting personalities. There is a character who plays, if I remember correctly, a Standard Oil representative. He tries to negotiate with Plainview and when he suggested that with the money made from this deal Plainview could spend time with his deaf son, Plainview’s guilt leads him to a breakdown in which he threatens to kill this businessman. This Standard Oil man is shown to be very reasonable and decent in his attempt to diffuse Plainview. Ultimately it is Plainview the individual who is indicted by the film, not capitalists.
