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pointing to problems while not suggesting viable solution makes you an asshole

Is Greta Thurnberg an asshole? Seriously asking. Protesters? Activists? They're all assholes by your definition but sometimes it takes a critical mass of people complaining and pointing out issues before something is done at a societal level. 
Telling people to shut up if they don't have a working solution isn't acceptable and makes you an ahole, imo. It's gatekeeping and discouraging civil discourse. Which is critical to gain traction needed to get things done.
this is just a weird post because you're assuming this is something that's inherent to capitalism and free market. Let me provide a counter example of this,
I grew up in India where socialist and welfare society concept is baked into our constitution. Most corporations were government owned prior to 1992, most manufacturing was done in India for our market and almost every public service was subsidized.
you know what that led to? incredible amount of corruption in every branch of government and services (as they were part of government). red tapism was rampant and opening a new business was a nightmare. some of our biggest co ops( Amul as an example) needed constant help for it to survive and make profit.
We were in such a bad position that we were months away from bankruptcy in 1992 when economic liberalisation happened. 
Do you really think people were thriving under our socialist policies when everything was government and consequently, everything was shit?
there's a reason people who lived under socialism tell you why it was absolutely dogshit and somehow, western liberals still can't hear a word. our ethos of hard work are partly because of the shit we have seen under socialist systems and we do everything to escape that.
Our education was dogshit both k-12 and colleges, we had only 2 government channels and hence had limited source of entertainment. If you're talking of monopolies, there was no bigger monopoly than the government. >

I'm from Eastern Europe mate, I know full well not just socialism but actual, real Communism. I get it. And I am not advocating for socialism/communism or any of that rubbish. 
I don't know what system will replace this one but I do know no system lasts forever, it is the way of all things. Even the universe itself will not last forever. 
I acknowledged this system did uplift people and produced "valuable goods and services" but there are absolutely flaws with any system, which over time magnify and lead to collapse. Communism's flaw is it creates a power vaccuum (which authoritarians fill) and assumes wrongly about human nature (we are not all selfless). Capitalism's flaw is if unchecked (as it is), it allows private companies to gain too much power and essentially "buy" the government. Among other problems, which I described. 
I do not see a way out. This system is failing an increasing number of people, income inequality is widening way out of control. My point is - I don't see any of this or the other issues I listed being fixed, I don't think people can fix them even if they want to, it's insurmountable. The only way to "fix" is to let it run its course, collapse, and let something else take it's place. What that "Something" is I've no idea (hopefully not communism lmao wouldn't that be funny tho). >

mate, the flaws are only visible to folks who are in bottom 10%. all the calls for universal healthcare is from people who, for the most part don't have health insurance. for those who have healthcare (and this group forms the overwhelming majority as healthcare is tied to employment), healthcare isn't expansive at the level where they pay. would it be great to have a healthcare system as great as Germany, absolutely but that would mean taxation at a much higher rate and kicking in much early. I won't divulge into greater details but just as a short example, at 65k in Germany you would pay around 40% of paycheck as tax. In los Angeles, CA with highest taxes in country, you would pay 20%.
This vague dream of "taxing billionaires" is a foolish nonsense that somehow got traction but reality of every other country that has a public healthcare is that it's the middle class that pay in a much bigger part of their paycheck for social services than most middle class Americans. 
I mean this with total respect but by suggesting that a system isn't working while also saying that you don't know what should replace it doesn't make you a profound thinker, it makes you a clueless person.
there's is a way out and it's very simple. If the people want Europe like services (people often point to Nordic models), then people should pay Nordic like taxes and that means taxing the middle class. You can implement a wealth tax but that has always failed and it would still fail. There's one other measure, taxing capital gains at a higher percentage when realised. the last solution can be preventing anyone from taking loans against stocks after a certain value( say no more than 5 million dollars when stocks are the collateral).
Nordic models are strong because their middle class is more prosperous than US and there's a bigger percentage of middle class than US. >

I don’t think it’s fair to say that recognizing problems without having a viable solution is foolish.
Our destruction of the environment is a massive problem. Ok, so let’s cut all emissions, stop deforestation right now, and focus all efforts on reinstating the ecodiversity we’ve destroyed. That is the solution, no? Well now we’ve completely shut down our entire economy and production system and we all starve, freeze, cook, etc. So maybe there is no solution, or at least not an easy one.
To assume that to raise a very real issue, as OP has, you need to have a solution is totally fallacious. >

it's just as foolish as posting the "you live in a society meme" because pointing to problems while not suggesting viable solution makes you an asshole. Pointing out a problem is cheap and can make you look good amongst your peers but that's all it does.
I mean you can absolutely try that and see where that gets you. People who post those problems and solutions on mediums like social media will ask for everyone's head when we shut down society and as extension, social media in order to save environment.
talk is easy and talk is cheap, especially when done by people who don't want to give up their personal comforts but also want someone else to bring great changes so that they can feel responsible and smart while doing absolutely nothing. It's like that parrot situation who wants freedom but also can't give up the comfort of his cage.
there's no fallacy involved here. OP raised a valid concern, sure. I pointed to him that he and I both come from places that tried alternative solutions failed miserably while making everyone suffer more( if you think poors in America under capitalism are oppressed, you have no idea of the suffering poors under socialism in India faced). I also laid out viable solution while pointing to how and why the Nordic "utopias" function and it turned out, it's because there is a bigger middle class and their middle class is taxed more. I could've easily pointed out to monocultures playing a significant part in communal identity is Nordic nations to dismantle the diversity argument but chose not to.