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You say that but trade paperback/overall book consumption peaked in the mid 80s, and the troubles started well before that. I think what you're identifying there with the men sleeping is the intense social stratification we've undergone that has removed well-read-people as you've put it from being able to influence those with power.

You didn't say or even imply that. You wrote a non-sequitur. I don't believe that's true. The industry people I know who worked at the time blamed cheap music and video tapes. It isn't so much the woke (although they're a factor) but changing media consumption habits aided by the availability of new formats.

"Executives in the 80s were woke idiots" is a silly line that doesn't apply here sorry friend. It's like how the internet cut newpaper print circulation in half, the VCR and walkman did that for pulp novels. Technological change can happen and remove the foundations from your industry.

To give a less recent example, there was a locomotive manufacturer in in PA called the Baldwin Locomotive Works. They decided, in the 30s after some early trials with diesel and gasoline engines they would make exclusively steam engines, and invested millions in building a new facility. Less than four years after their new facility opened in '36, new developments in internal combustion tech allowed a new competitor, General Motors, to eat their whole market share. They ended up winding down production in the 50s, and existed as a patent holding/pension company until the late 80s when they closed for good.

Sometimes the market can change wildly and randomly underneath you, and will destroy everything you've built. Nassim Taleb calls this a 'Black Swan' event.