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> Capitalists claim that this is optimal.

Because that does not happen exactly as you say for all players. The demand signals will be processed and long-term risk is balanced against short-term gain in a distributed fashion, so not everyone will do the same.



Sufficient diversity of response will only appear when there are enough competitors. When there are only a few, it doesn't necessarily work out.




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