What you were thinking and what the system would eventually become are two different things. I'm saying the inevitable consequence of a system like that would b

What you were thinking and what the system would eventually become are two different things. I'm saying the inevitable consequence of a system like that would be the scenario I described. Do you think company stocks started out that complex? No, they started out as an intuitive way to divide the profits of a business operated by multiple people, just like your intuitive way of dividing profits from a project built by multiple people. Edge cases presented themselves, conflicts arose, opportunities for individuals to maximize profit came to light, and thus was our current system grown.