if i ran wendy's i'd turn it into a casino where u can bet to win your meal or lose and pay for somebody else's i'd add prediction market kiosks to bet on the outcome of other people's wagers, with a dating app where simps can offer to buy burgers for a date
Alts are a lot like the nasdaq composite It's a virtual wasteland of unending losses, scams, investor despair, and failure And while that's depressing, it's also the normal state of things. Winners still emerge from the swamp
the election cycle makes rational policy completely impossible but here's what i'd do in a perfect world where i was Emperor move tariffs high enough that US production becomes competitive, take 10% stakes in producers, then set time enforced milestones for improved efficiency
...where the tariff is automatically lowered 10% stake provides immediate capital + additional interest bearing loans would be available if necessary domestic metals production is a national security imperative. hard stop. the technology to make us the best exists