I submit that we reached that point long ago. I remember working for a record company in the 90s, and being to go talk to my closest retail buyers, and try to get them to buy a pallette of some slow moving title, telling them that they don't even need to crack it open, just stick it in a corner, and I'll authorize the return next month. And that happened regularly.

Now we're at a point where they are doing all sorts of crazy things to keep the numbers looking good. We've blown past all the normal markers like efficient experts, layoffs, downsizing, shrinkflation, lobbying, literal fraud, and now they're pinning their hopes on replacing asich of the human workforce as possible.

They aren't looking forward to an America with 60% permanent unemployment rate, or even the next quarter, they are trying to keep the Dow up for the week.