You can make a solid argument that in the last 100 years we became capable of producing more products than we need, causing the pinch point in our economy to mo

You can make a solid argument that in the last 100 years we became capable of producing more products than we need, causing the pinch point in our economy to move to competitively marketing and delivering them vs original building of them. However hucksters have existed since the beginning of time to sell without producing. It’s why the Roman guilds and a bunch of other systems of verifying labor exist.