Marx taught that private property in the means of production and the free market system led, by inexorable laws and independent of human will, to the immiseration of the proletariat.
He was wrong.
The immiseration of the proletariat, when prevented by state intervention, is a political goal consciously sought by most of the capitalist class.
As is the exclusion of the proletariat from political power or influence, reminding us of J S Mill's view that the point of giving the vote to the proles was to enable them to defend their class interests.
Even if everyone thinks it best to pretend it's all about race, and no one even whispers the word "class".
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