[cletus]

Reinvesting in the company is the one thing we should absolutely subsidize. That goes to wages, capital expenditure and other measures to sustain and grow the company.

Paying out dividends and doing share buybacks just strips the company for cash until there's nothing of value left. It's why entshittification is a thing.

[marcosdumay]

Treating all wages as expenses seems fine to me. But have you noticed that large companies just stop growing at some point and it doesn't matter how much money you pour at them?

That is, unless they use the extra capital to buy legally-enforced monopolies, or bribe regulators out of their way.

And no, enshitification is a thing because people want those companies to grow and grow, and keep growing. Some times even after they have the majority of humanity as customers.