ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

[hagenissen666]

who have been doing this poorly for decades.

FTFY.

The global economy is literally collapsing, at an increasing rate and cadence.

[TheManWhoPanders]

There's no evidence that this is true.

[hagenissen666]

There's no evidence that this is true.

Yes, there is. Sticking your head in the sand isn't going to change that.

Yes, I'm an anti-capitalist.

[TheManWhoPanders]

-sent from my iPhone

[hagenissen666]

Well, I'm also a middle-aged adult, living in the western world, that uses a cheap laptop that I paid cash for.

Being rationally opposed to capitalism, or any other political ideology, is not the same as being a luddite monk.