• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Why can’t companies operate on a sustainable revenue model? Why does it always need to be constant growth year over year?

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      17 hours ago

      They can. They won’t go out of business or anything, they’ll do just fine.

      Their stock won’t be valued at 1000x earnings tho, and their CEOs will stop becoming billionaires from stock options. They’ll also stop being the main driving force of the US stock increases.

      They’ll also have to start giving out dividends and become real companies, not just a promise.

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      1 day ago

      it’s because it’s literally illegal for fiduciary actors to NOT persue the highest profits possible. this is the CORE REASON AMERICAN CAPITALISM IS AN OROBOROS

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      Because investors make the most money on the value of the company increasing. The higher the revenue, the higher the value of the company.