My point is still true, that profit is kept largely by management and stockholders. It's literally the definition of the word.

That stockholders are a part of management, and my point still stands?

I think it's funny how the salaries of everyone but the owners is seen as a fixed asset to be minimized, part of the expense, but the "net profit" is only enjoyed by those at the top of the company. As if human beings who aren't management are a tool like a lathe or a computer that you just buy.

It honestly cracks me up how normalized this is, and how basically no one questions it.

Some people are definitely lazy