I agree, but I think most people wouldn't agree with the conclusions.

For example - if someone is criminally wronged in a property crime, wouldn't it make more sense to leave them free but garnish their wages to make the wronged individual whole instead of putting them in prison for decades? Yet if you bring up the idea of compensating the victim instead of punitive justice, a majority of people are extremely offended by the idea.

From that point of view, it isn't surprising at all that class action lawsuits are much more about retribution than restoration in the adversarial system.

The lawyers would argue that by enriching them companies are less likely to engage in bad behavior.

But I agree. I am tired of getting practically nothing from class action lawsuits, while lawyers who did not get harmed walk away with millions.