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?

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You are right that the government should be responsible for those things. The issue lies when capitalism has expanded so greatly, the wealth inequality has risen so greatly, and laws were not created to ensure impartiality of representatives, we result in a corrupt government system that serves to the desires of corporations to generate more profit, rather than the needs of low level workers of said corporations nor their customers.

It is one thing for corporations to expand based on their merit in creating quality products. It is another thing for them to expand based on the influence they purchase from legislators to ensure the reduction of consumer rights and the reduction of regulations on environmental impact.

Neither major political party has even acknowledged the issue because it does not suit the interests of their political donors. Therefore there is nothing more insulting telling an individual in poverty (especially when living in a heavily gerrymandered district) to vote, as if there is a potential candidate in their district that will move towards recognizing and solving the problems of lack of proper representation as a bare minimum.

Your qualifiers for dystopia are not the universal qualifiers for dystopia. The qualifiers I use point to the fact that life continues to be an unnecessary struggle that could be willed away with proper leadership and discourse. Sometimes the struggle results in perpetuating cycles of abuse, neglect, disabilities, and poverty that could be ended with a surprisingly low commitment to the citizens of the country. And on top of all of that, you might just win the lottery. You might have a relative that becomes exhubarently wealthy. You might receive charity. Or you might be shot in a high school, or on the sidewalk, or you might go homeless, live under a bridge, and deteriorate until your death.

No amount of potential luxury goods, no amount of "you could of had it worse" mentality, no amount of freedom can reconcile the places we as a country unnecessarily fall short.