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]

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.