Well, what do you do if you have a large amount of capital that needs investing?
In any case, US companies are scarcely a sham. They have profitable businesses, and owning a piece of them isn’t the worst thing you could do.
Investing in....what? A rigged market? You and I both know it is manipulated, bloated, and ready to pop. When it does, it will bring all the publically traded companies with it.
Take your money, put it in metals, land, whatever you want. But if you want to justify throwing money at the market, then do want you want. It's your money.