Exactly. American companies keep getting exposed as scams. The whole tech industry spent nearly 5 years telling us that they need billions of dollars each quarter to build "the future" only to get exposed by an actual free Chinese knockoff built on a quarter of the budget.
Where was the money going? Escorts, cocaine, yachts, overpriced suits, stocks, houses. The usual slop these a$$holes spend their money on.
Elon musk still saying a self driving car is a year away. That slack jawed nazi piece of shyt will keep saying that bullshyt while a European or Asian manufacturer that uses its profits to pay experienced engineers (who stuck around because their boss wasn't a complete piece of shyt who created a toxic and hostile work environment) instead of lining the pockets of their bosses and biggest shareholders will actually build that car.
And of course that weak p*ssy will run crying to the government to ban it in the land of the free and home of the brave.
The real economy exists, but unfortunately for America it exists OUTSIDE of America in countries that regulate their CEOs, reduce the barrier of entry for school, and invest in companies and organizations that can produce products and services that solve real problems that normal people have not "what if I didn't have to pay my programmers, art departments or customer service so i can get more money for myself" or "what if i could pass other peoples work off as my own" type problems.