And now look how the "virtual numbers" allow the USA to drag the rest of the world through the mud on a nosering.

The USA was the winner in all this, but apparently the people don't feel it. What might have gone wrong? (hint: wealth distribution, not manufacturing)

Well, the US definitely is dragging the rest of the world, the question is where and whether it's somewhere the rest of the world really wants to go. I think, we'll see soon enough