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the lie that “capitalism is inevitable.”

It was inevitable in the development of class society, at least when we look at history. So that is not a lie. If capitalism is inevitable, what is there to be afraid of? Capitalism is the state of the world. Similarly I can say, "communism is inevitable", which I adhere to.

To deepen this whole thing let's consider capitalism as historically progressive from the standpoint of a 16th century someone. Capitalism was needed to create the worker and the worker as a class. Capitalism gave us Marx, Fourier, Lafargue, Kropotkin and all the others that knew or at least felt that the story doesn't end with capitalism.

Heads of state of influential world superpowers absolutely have a disproportionate effect on the development of the world for decades and even generations after their time in office.

That is what it looks like. You don't see the strategizers, funders and victims that enable these decisions.

If you can’t see that, then I guess you believe the world is purely deterministic and human choice doesn’t matter.

On a, well, deeper level I cannot refute determinism, but I don't believe in it as a method of considering the world as I don't know everything and everything needs to be known to be a successful determinist.

so then I guess you’re also a nihilist who says we shouldn’t vote

Yes, democracy as a principle does not create new structures within society but reproduces the status quo. I'd advise to look at how people actually push change forward. That happens simply by joining a cause or leaving it. No voting necessary. In addition to that there are quite a few absurdities in democracy, like letting people vote on who gets to be killed. Stalin was a democrat in that he sent goons to villages and then let the mob decide who gets sacrificed. Democracy is too despotic for my taste, it certainly fulfilled none of my needs as a prole. Please don't call me a nihilist though, I am older than 16.

or fight for climate action or even resist fascism

Oh yes, let me resist a system like fully ramped up fascism that I have no avenue in fighting because there is no workers' movement. Genius idea.

I guess we can’t hold anyone in power accountable for the results of their decisions, because that would be “great man/woman” fallacy, right

Sure. They could be reformed if they are forcibly proletarized, fully expropriated and such. At the same time I adhere to no particular moralism around this, if they are held to account as you say then that is something people ought to do with no expectation that one ought to join in.