Yeah call me 'Ron Swanson'. I understand the 'R&D is expensive and people wouldn't bother' argument but I'm not sure I buy it? Won't people always create and in

Yeah call me 'Ron Swanson'. I understand the 'R&D is expensive and people wouldn't bother' argument but I'm not sure I buy it? Won't people always create and invent? They can't help themselves. The actual people who have the ideas rarely benefit from them nowadays anyway. It can also have perverse consequences such as pharmaceuticals only investing in stuff that eases symptoms and not cures? (I have no actual data on that). Thanks.