> Too many apologists keep totting the line that capitalism as practiced in the US is A-OK and then deflect with "what's the alternative?"

I don't think as many people say that as you think.

I think most people want better regulation and control, but perhaps done incrementally (with haste) and with a feedback circuit.

Most alternatives that have been "hard-stop" switched to lead to a lot more destruction and problems than we currently have now