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I'm not sure what you're talking about.
In capitalism investors want profits.
In this specific industry, for ultra-specific reasons, profits need growth. This isn't the case 99% of the time.
But even if investors go away, the companies will run fine without them. They'll just have low stock prices.
There's no need for growth anywhere in this equation.
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I'm not sure what you're talking about.
In capitalism investors want profits.
In this specific industry, for ultra-specific reasons, profits need growth. This isn't the case 99% of the time.
But even if investors go away, the companies will run fine without them. They'll just have low stock prices.
There's no need for growth anywhere in this equation.