• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Plenty of profit to go around. The issue is shareholders expect infinite growth, which is impossible.

    Capitalism (when it works best) basically requires occasional market crashes that can “reset” the wealth distribution. But for obvious reasons, nobody wants that.

    So every year, shareholders get richer and expect bigger growth next year, but eventually the profits will plateau. And one can only guess what happens then.