I think this theory may also explain why larger companies often appear to hold people down instead of trying to grow them. Beyond a certain threshold of monopol

I think this theory may also explain why larger companies often appear to hold people down instead of trying to grow them. Beyond a certain threshold of monopolization, the primary role of the mega-corporation may be to deplete talent (e.g. employee burnout, disillusionment, overspecialization in proprietary tools and processes leading to a career dead end) in order to neutralize its future competitive potential, more so than to leverage its immediate productive potential for their own immediate use.