I think (though I'm not entirely sure) that this is intended as a somewhat satirical piece arguing for basic income based on its ability to unleash productive human potential trapped by economic circumstance, using the "all profits go to me" arrangement as a device to be able to construct a self-interested narrator so that the social benefit being advocated becomes a personal benefit of the narrator.

That is, I'm sure its satirical; I'm less certain of the exact intent (and particularly there are some choices of examples that are odd given the apparent intent.)