[nine_k]

Not "in the West" but rather "in Western media and universities, especially outside STEM". By no coincidence, these are the most vocal minorities.

Capitalism is not cool with novelty-seeking intellectual elites anymore. But nothing established is; the purpose of these elites is to look for and research alternative ways. Most if these ways are detrimental or are dead ends. But so are most mutations that drive evolution forward.

[eru]

Alas, if you look at opinion polls of regular folks, they aren't especially interested in capitalism either.

Eg minimum wages and tariffs are pretty popular.