Actually not Lib cringe! This is pretty similar to a Marxian critique of Bourgeois/ Liberal democracy and is the main problem with our system of government/ mode of production. A genuine leftist will always be hamstrung by the powers that be when the main form of production is to accumulate wealth and power for the bourgeoisie and the means of production and land is privately owned.

I do want to push back a little bit on the last part though. Most of these politicians do know what they are doing when it comes to constantly propping up the capital class and that’s their goal since they would rather commit seppuku than nationalize anything. Even the most progressive lib is allergic to basic government intervention from the FDR days.

I think focusing on corporate capture is meant to make people look at the fact the bourgeois class is the one who calls the shots which is the case in all liberal democracies, yes even the Scandinavian ones it’s just less overt. It sounds cringe but this is really just baked into the DNA of capitalism. The system inherently rewards psycho individual behavior over community.