What about the political leaders who bring business and economic issues into the general public discourse?   Couldn’t they help us recognize the distinction between business and Metabusiness?

The first thing we need to bear in mind is that politicians often haven’t spent much time actually toiling in the halls of Dilbert (i.e., working in real businesses), and are therefore frequently unable to talk at any level besides that of Metabusiness.

Also, politicians as a group are not all that likely to contradict prevailing public perceptions, even when these perceptions get a bit cockeyed.  If, as a society, we find ourselves debating a question like "Is it colder in the winter or on the farm?," the typical politician is far more likely to align himself with the "winter" faction or the "farm" faction than to challenge whether the question itself makes any sense.   So when the public at large believes that business is the same thing as Metabusiness, we should not hold our breath until politicians disabuse of us this notion.