I appreciate the intentions of anyone trying to make the world better, and I understand the impulse to want to soften the sharp edges of capitalism, and make conditions better for others while it still exists.

However, I fear that attempts to 'fix' or 'humanise' capitalism often end up being absorbed, neutralised or attacked by the capitalist system itself, as if it is an untameable monster or a hydra which regrows a new head if we manage to cut off one of them. It's within its nature to survive on the life-force of humans, and can't exist long without sucking the life out of some of them.

If I was making a choice between who to work for or buy products from then a public benefit corporations might be better, but if they still exist to make a profit and have shareholders then there is a good chance they will be subverted, whatever their original intentions or mission statement.

So on an individual level we have to do whatever we think is best for our own consciences, but in terms of effectiveness I really think that if we want substantial change then all the other causes would be solved faster and more effectively by focusing on building non-capitalist alternatives (prefiguration / dual power / mutual aid).