is it me or does it feel like the american dream is quickly becoming "work super hard developing a new product that meets people's needs, then get bought out and shut down by one of the supergiant orgs that owns everything"?
You are probably spending too much time on a discussion forum sponsored by a startup accelerator if you think that defines the American dream, though.
An entity would have to really want to do all that for the “American Dream” to happen.
It's going to get worse.