> Capitalism [is] getting knocked around everywhere I looked.
That's what happened with every social system in the past, and, while failures certainly have happened, we've always found ways for that criticism to result in improvements to our societies.
It would be very surprising for the current shape of our society or, more generally, capitalism to be an exception to the rule, unless you subscribe to the "end of history" thesis.
No need to believe Fukiyama. The exception to the rule concept can be based on the idea that capitalism is novel in its ability to absorb and transform any protest against it. The divine right of kings, to pick just one example, was unable to pull off this trick, and perished under questioning. So far, capitalism has done remarkably well at incorporating protest and criticism that targets it, in a way that does seem quite novel.
That's what happened with every social system in the past, and, while failures certainly have happened, we've always found ways for that criticism to result in improvements to our societies.
It would be very surprising for the current shape of our society or, more generally, capitalism to be an exception to the rule, unless you subscribe to the "end of history" thesis.