I couldn't disagree more. UI/UX design sits at the intersection of business objectives and user behaviour (i.e. what the business wants / what the users want).

I couldn't disagree more. UI/UX design sits at the intersection of business objectives and user behaviour (i.e. what the business wants / what the users want). The idea of iterating your UI one month a year is borderline suicidal. If you're calling it "pointless work generation that hurts the masses", there must be something dysfunctional about your past experiences with UI/UX design people / processes in the organisations you've worked in.