Anonymous
7/2/2025, 7:11:03 AM
No.28492023
>>28490609
>while companies in the US divise idiotic ways to making the profit report look slightly better
this is the problem with every major american company. "line must go up" is the absolute worst thing. i forget the details, but i heard that if the line doesnt go up, then you're vulnerable to legal action on the grounds that you arent acting in the interests of the stock holders. in fact, i think i recall it being something ford related, or like ford set the legal precedent through some unrelated business or something. regardless, it is the core of the problem. businesses arent allowed to genuinely reinvest in themselves, coast by on previous profits through a period of downturn in order to take risks and shoot back up. no, we have to streamline everything to appeal to the lowest risk with the highest return. thats why we see such stagnation in the entertainment industry and endless remakes/sequels. easiest way to make the line go up is to just increase costs. look at what happened with covid: they claimed "shortage" but there were never really any bare shelves, only wildly increased prices and record profits. costs of everything go up, so the material cost of trying something new goes up, which increases the risk of the return not meeting the cost and resulting in failure. its a vicious cycle where you're forced to circle the wagons on stagnation and double down, while simply increasing prices for absolutely no reason other than the legal gun to your head that "the line must go up".
>while companies in the US divise idiotic ways to making the profit report look slightly better
this is the problem with every major american company. "line must go up" is the absolute worst thing. i forget the details, but i heard that if the line doesnt go up, then you're vulnerable to legal action on the grounds that you arent acting in the interests of the stock holders. in fact, i think i recall it being something ford related, or like ford set the legal precedent through some unrelated business or something. regardless, it is the core of the problem. businesses arent allowed to genuinely reinvest in themselves, coast by on previous profits through a period of downturn in order to take risks and shoot back up. no, we have to streamline everything to appeal to the lowest risk with the highest return. thats why we see such stagnation in the entertainment industry and endless remakes/sequels. easiest way to make the line go up is to just increase costs. look at what happened with covid: they claimed "shortage" but there were never really any bare shelves, only wildly increased prices and record profits. costs of everything go up, so the material cost of trying something new goes up, which increases the risk of the return not meeting the cost and resulting in failure. its a vicious cycle where you're forced to circle the wagons on stagnation and double down, while simply increasing prices for absolutely no reason other than the legal gun to your head that "the line must go up".