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Because those are long-term effects, and most companies have literally zero decision makers with any incentive to care about the long term. They all know the game. They're there to parasitize as much value as possible from the company or its common-stock holders in the short term and then fail upward and repeat the cycle. The long-term health of the company is completely irrelevant to everyone who matters.



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