That's why I alluded to the fact that this was more of an ethical matter than a legal matter. Though it should be a legal matter. It's just hard to measure, for the reasons you suggested... Doesn't mean we shouldn't try to approximate something fairer.

We've crossed a threshold whereby economic value creation is not fairly rewarded. The economy became a kind of winner-takes-all game of who can convince people to pay for stuff and lock them in first... Or who can wedge themselves first between large pre-existing corporate money flows.

It's like the office politics, bureaucracy and corruption that everyone hates has become the core reward mechanism of the economy. It was never designed that way but a combination of factors exacerbated by underlying system flaws and perverse incentives got us there.

There's already way too much false advertising. The winners of this game are those who can sell a dream . It doesn't matter if they don't deliver because by the time people figure it out, they already sold their startup and onto other things. Everyone is kept in a constant state of chasing the next big thing and it doesn't solve any problems. Human potential is just wasted on creating elaborate illusions which ultimately satisfy no one.