I think the only people who swear by capitalism are it’s winners and those who are close to being, or who are deluded into thinking they’ll be, the winners.

The vast majority of ordinary people do not think the system is set up for them; they just lack the intellectual tools (Marxism) to know how to fight it, so they stay quiet or, occasionally, protest. I used to think they were just unwilling to work hard enough when they complained to me. I was very wrong.

Maybe this is different in the US. Still, I doubt anyone anywhere who is one cough, sore tooth, or grouchy boss away from becoming homeless and losing everything swears by capitalism, in theory or in practice. Those who swear by it are in a privileged position, whether they realise it or not.

I was one of those people. It blows away fast after however many unanswered job applications and however many letting agents telling you they have nowhere for you to live within your budget except a shared room. All that love for capitalism gets swept away in the first breeze.