The grandparent claimed that the DAX 40 has real businesses that make things as opposed to American tech businesses that just serve the attention economy. Clearly not true. European businesses run on American technology. American businesses do not run on European technology.

Europe has many small and not very profitable tech companies. Almost no large and profitable ones. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNDtCtTXcAAiwFk?format=jpg&name=...