My general opinion on the economic situation in my country (UK) is that capitalism just doesn't work under parameters in which there's no competition. If indiv

My general opinion on the economic situation in my country (UK) is that capitalism just doesn't work under parameters in which there's no competition. If individuals back themselves into a corner in which they "have" to live in place XYZ and "have" to do career XYZ and so on and so forth, but are relying on others to make this work (e.g. they don't have wealth), then they're going to get nailed because they are working from a really bad negotiating position. I don't see how socialism and unionizing etc fixes this because the prime mover has to be that people actually want to change the situation and put effort in to do so. There needs to be a valve. Like, if I don't get paid enough as X, I go and work as Y. If rent gets too high in A, I go and live in B.