I find the one in Texas much more impressive.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/preliminary-report-l...

While Texans froze and natural gas-fired power plants tripped offline during a February cold snap, natural gas traders and pipeline companies made up to $11 billion in just nine days.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/11-billion-in-9-...

“I will say we understand that it would be unacceptable to just have customers bear the cost on their monthly bill and as if anybody could pay for that,” Gold-Williams said. “So we are working diligently - the financial services team is working diligently, trying to figure out ways to truly spread that cost, potentially maybe, you know 15 - I mean, 10 years or longer to try to make it affordable. We don’t have that fully assessed.”

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/02/19/skyrocketing-pric...

I'm Australian and as a nation we're considerably more "communist" than can be found in the US .. with many major public funded infrastructure projects historically established, a global AAA credit rating, a minimum living wage since 1900, national health, functioning democracy, etc.

There are numerous counter examples to your overly broad "never ever" claims here.