The world is a clock.
>these institutions are really failures in every respect
A failure, for sure, to the people they are supposed to serve. But highly successful to their owners. So not every respect.
The same can be said of transnational corporations. It isn't only the banks. There's going to have to be a lot of house cleaning before this movement can be considered successful.
She just can't help pointing out all the ways she's past her prime (if she really ever had one). She doesn't realize she does not help herself with these revelations.