I think we have to consider that from the perspective of many shareholders, receiving dividends vs increased share price is basically the same thing. I know all my accounts are set to reinvest dividends, for example.

So if a company reinvests all its income and grows like crazy, the shareholders will profit from that growth even if you might say “profit” wasn’t distributed.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Or if the company does a share buyback, or gives out huge bonuses, or buys an "office" in a tropical location that's actually just a vacation spot that they can use for a tax shelter, etc.

Basically, I overstated my case before. There's lots of ways to use business expenses to distribute profits without actual reporting profits.

So in conclusion, death to capitalism 👍