[dfgert]

Too much focus on growth is a quality that always leads to once doom whether its a person or a corporation. Its sad that our business economics favors this.

[pygy_]

The top earners are addicted to easy return on investment and can't envision a world where they can't rely on growth to deepen their pockets.

Given their already tremendous wealth, they are powerful enough to brainwash the rest of us into helping them (hence the song above).