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Talents leave AI companies: "They are putting profits over sanity and safety"
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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Publicly traded companies are legally required to put profits over sanity, safety, and everything else. It's a truly insane system we've put together for ourselves.
Interestingly they are not. Its commonly shilled by C-scum, but it's a lie.
Look up "shareholder primacy". It's enshrined in law.
BTW you said Midjourney is a profitable company elsewhere. Can you provide a source?
It literally isn't. Google shareholder primacy and you'll notice its a norm, not a law (in the USA).
You can also Google Midjourney.
It's a judicial precedent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
Why don't you show us your Google result that proves Midjourney made of profit?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midjourney#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+tool+was+in+open
Is this still the case?