"we could reduce deaths, but there's never and endpoint where it's truly done"

What a wonderful argument for never trying to improve the world you also reside in.

"your own paycheck or lifestyle."

If excess mortality is required for your lifestyle, change how you live. Do you deny insurance claims for fun? Are you the human avatar of GE and Raytheon? Do you need to manufacture child-vaporizing bombs to maintain your 'lifestyle'?

Genuinely, what is wrong with you? PE firms are not people to take vengeance on. They are not necessary, if they vanished from the Earth tomorrow, the 'worst' outcome is the wealthy owners and workers would need to find new, less violent, employment.