I fully agree with you that governments should pass laws that restrict the rights of a copyright holder on what they are allowed to control by licensing.

However they haven't, so until they do, you're stuck with the license as is.

As for "meeting of minds" etc and exchange of value, that's irrelevant to the conditions of the license. It's not a contract. It usually starts off with something like "By using this software, you agree to the following terms...".