Which is why it is good to be a shareholder.
You think so huh? Figure this into your equation: as the economic trends of Middle Class America continue to decline because of our government’s reckless trade and immigration polices--just who is going to be around to buy our 1/4 chuck of the world's GDP? If think this will be made up from the rising wealth of our foreign competitors think again.
No nation on earth has anything close to our constitution, rule of law, norms, values, culture, customs and system of governance that formed the basis of so much prosperity for so many as was the case in America up until recently. What you will find around the world are many oppressive regimes that hoard much of their peoples' wealth and a slew of ethically challenged "global” companies that are more concerned with getting their executives wealthy than their shareholders. Perhaps you have been asleep for a few years. Lot's of luck on your investments though. You will need it.