> My question is what Americans think economic growth in the 21st century looks like?

Maybe it looks like a reduction in monopolies, increased competition, lowering of prices as automation pays dividends, and a general de-consolidation of power.

It doesn't look like 4-companies owning the whole stock market and incumbents using AI to cut every worker they can with no longterm plan, using AI to deny insurance claims, and rig the deck in the most unconscionable uncompetitive ways they can.

There are outcomes much worse than "flat" if we aren't careful, and even the AI CEOs say as much.