Given that the poor bairn is nothing more than a mouthpiece for her manipulative parents, this was only to be expected.
That said, as someone born into modest circumstances and who has worked and struggled in the real world for 46 years out of my 64, I would argue that anyone who is in any way happy with or tolerant of late-stage predatory capitalism is either living in a fools' paradise, was born with a silver spoon in their mouth, or is a high-functioning psychopath.
Governments are responsible for the social and material welfare of their citizens, whether they choose to acknowledge that or act on it or not! The failure of government, particularly in the West, to place necessary restraints upon predatory capitalism has now brought the entire human race uncomfortably close to extinction. Example: you do not curb runaway price inflation by squeezing incomes and raising interest rates. You curb it by making inflationary price increases illegal. There is no excuse nor justification, at a time when people are struggling to pay energy bills, for permitting an energy company to make a record £7bn profit off the back of that struggle. The directors, the Chair and the CEO of that company, along with larger shareholders, should be arrested and charged with theft and extortion, and the money confiscated and used to defray the energy costs of those in energy poverty. By the same token, if the company reports a serious loss, governments should be required to supply assistance in order to save jobs.
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with either capitalism or socialism, provided they are kept in balance and neither is allowed free reign. Certain sectors of the economy (health care, energy production and supply, public transport, armaments) need to be publically-owned, accoubtable and non-profit. Others, such as housing, banking, food retail and others, require a mixed approach with private provision avaialble for those that want and can afford it, and public non-profit provision of a decent standard for those less well-off. The private sector can continue to provide goods and service that people want, but don't necessarily need, as well as up-market equivalents of needs (if you feel you must buy groceries at Waitrose, it's your money, but not everyone wants, and nobody needs, organic quinoa, truffle oil or Cambozola). But the private sector must be regulated to prevent profiteering, monopoly and the mistreatment of employees. It must also be able to be held accountable to employees via strong, state-supported, non-political Trade Unions.
