I mean, this could quickly turn into semantics. While datacrons and GAC omicrons are obviously "investments in GAC", there is a lot of gray area. For example, if the next GL is heavily PvP oriented, does getting them count as "investing in GAC"?
Let's not get into that though. The point I was trying to say is a lot more basic. It's just that there is always a power inflation going on naturally which tends to push people downwards. When you paddle upstream, if you stop, you drift downstream.