As Schumpeter argued, capitalism enables its own enemies. Under socialism, the critics would be too busy trying to get the next meal to theorize critiques of capitalism. Despite our serious problems, we've never had it so good as in the last half century. We certainly would be worse off under any other economic system.

Unfortunately, this is a generation that gets most of their civic awareness from Hollywood, social media, and a homogenously leftist intelligentsia. Throw in a crisis and some stagnation, and is it really any wonder that young people hold such preposterous views?