> There are less profitable and more profitable industries and companies don’t move out of the less profitable ones.

Entering a different market is expensive and takes a lot of time. It’s also not guaranteed you’ll succeed.

> they’d all be selling crack instead of furniture. Or at least mandating the employees be on it for productivity.

Selling crack is against the law and afaik so is requiring employees to use PEDs (see the parent’s idea of governments deciding what’s out of bounds). The tactics Purdue used to push OxyContin are a good example.