Can it really be called "paying the price" or "taking a loss" if tech employees are losing ephemeral wealth which was dependent for its existence on the continu

Can it really be called "paying the price" or "taking a loss" if tech employees are losing ephemeral wealth which was dependent for its existence on the continued good behavior of a feudal autocrat halfway around the world? Just because a company reaches a certain valuation thanks to an infusion of dumb Saudi money doesn't entitle it or its employees to that valuation in perpetuity. Perhaps that valuation is the mistake, now in the process of being corrected.