Why do we expect companies to stay in business forever?
There’s no reason you couldn’t make a company, sell good, solid, long-lasting products at a fair profit, and then shut the company down when you run out of buyers.
Except that’s not the capitalist model. A company with an expiration date defies the core capitalist value of growth at any cost. Planned obsolescence is only for products, not companies.
Why do we expect companies to stay in business forever?
There’s no reason you couldn’t make a company, sell good, solid, long-lasting products at a fair profit, and then shut the company down when you run out of buyers.
Except that’s not the capitalist model. A company with an expiration date defies the core capitalist value of growth at any cost. Planned obsolescence is only for products, not companies.