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"Value extractors". Spot on.

With few if any exceptions they will never add value. Their expertise is in locating value someone else has created and then drinking from that fountain for as long as they can. And they are very good at it.

Their position is similar to lawyers. With very few exceptions if any, they are simply an expense.

They need a client to cling to and sap off of.

And no matter how intelligent they may be, that is how they think.