>>143887446the system is fucked. "Investors" buy in at the current value of a company's stock, and then they want it to grow. What happens if the company has already reached it's maximum potential? The late investors either need to make peace with the fact that they bought too late (that will never happen), or the company will need to continue to find ways to show that they're making profits. If they've already broken record profits and can't keep doing better, they start cannibalizing the company itself to keep the illusion going just a little longer.
This is where we are now. Instead of making shows that actually make more money, the company starts slashing their investment so the profits LOOK like they're keeping pace or doing better. But you can only cut costs to a certain point before it becomes blatantly obvious to the public and suddenly the product that they were happy to financially support becomes an unrecognizable pile of shit. Animation gets shittier, writing gets worse, seasons get shorter, and in general, the product starts to suck.
The infinite growth model is an illusion. At some point, businesses reach terminal velocity. Then they either self-destruct or get bought out at a cheap price and the cycle continues.
