@merz @failedLyndonLaRouchite @jgordon @DeanBaker13 Perhaps, but arguments in politics are largely about legitimacy. Profiteers profess both moral rights to profit, and extravagant claims about the necessity of their profits to innovation. If you already see through all that, sure, arguments about subsidy are superfluous. Many people do not, so emphasizing how profoundly subsidized and derivative even the best new original work is remains important.