Now the "free market" pimps must be getting orgasms that they are laying off people just because the stock price will go up (for the short term), no matter the CEO is destroying a great company just to make his bonus, leaving many Americans without jobs and some homeless.

"if they are good, they would not get laid off."
"if they are world class, they will find another job"

World class levels of delusion.

Who cares?

I would be thrilled if I owned that stick and it went up.

The disconnect seems to be that you think you are owed your job. You're not. A fiduciary duty to maximize profits is owed to the shareholders.

Govt employees feel like they are owed their jobs too. This seems like a similar mindset.