I think the latest Tom Scott video is a pretty big deal, in a positive way, for reasons entirely unrelated to the subject matter of the video.

Why? Because of the "under a system of capitalism, ..." clause here: https://youtu.be/_G2Q1qsoGEU?t=212

While it undoubtedly will not be *the* first case of this, it's the first time that I've seen a video on a channel that is not explicitly leftist, acknowledge that the circumstances are a result of capitalism, rather than something that Just Happens.

And I think this is a crucially important indicator for anti-capitalist progress: do people recognize *and acknowledge* the role that capitalism plays in their lives? Is this a thing that can just be mentioned as a passing remark when explaining something? Has it become normalized to call out the cause by its name?

And with this, the answer to that has come quite a bit closer to "yes".