Not at all surprised anymore. The whole economy is a joke now. No more consumer choice. No more free market. No more fair competition. Everything is monopolized by private equity, hedge funds owned by central bank stockholders. Privacy is lost. Innovation is destroyed. Endless debt props up the fake and gay illusion of an economy. Fiat currency losing purchasing power every year. Statistics are fraudulent lies. Nothing is real. Media lies. Institutions corrupt. Governments collude with systemic corruption.
BRICS+ will be the future, count on it.