As it turns out it doesn’t actually cost that much on regular transit, there’s an AIRPORT SURCHARGE because it’s an “airport train”.

No wonder Americans don’t use public transit, even when the system exists it’s ridiculously difficult and expensive to use.

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    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 hours ago

      Not only must everything profit, it must profit MORE than it did previously. If you make $10 million selling widgets last year, and make $10 million again this year, well that’s a failing business and you should be fired.

      • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        If you predict that your business will be up 5% this quarter, and it’s only up 3%, that’s considered a disaster, and the stock price will drop, and that CEO is still in trouble. Repeat every quarter.

    • d00ery@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      5 hours ago

      Because that’s the foundation and definition of capitalism. The market will provide (as long as there’s profit to be made).

      Not saying it’s right though.

      • Robbity@lemm.eeEnglish
        94·
        5 hours ago

        That’s not the definition or foundation of capitalism, it’s the definition of a market economy.

        The foundation of capitalism is a system where investors can pool small amounts of money together on big projects, to share risk and reward. Historically to fund trading ships on their way to the indies.

        So it destructures ownership, which has a million ripple effects on the organization and economy.

        • d00ery@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          4 hours ago

          Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining profit. This socioeconomic system has developed historically through several stages and is defined by a number of basic constituent elements: private property, profit motive, capital accumulation, competitive markets, commodification, wage labor, and an emphasis on innovation and economic growth.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

          In the context of “Why do Americans think everything has to profit?”, then the point is that the train is considered only for the profit it can make, and not for the environmental etc benefits. This is a result of the market economy as you rightly state (and private ownership of transportation).