People who own the means of production have all the power in society. All societal changes have three stages. Thesis the status quo Antithesis the challenge to the status quo Synthesis the product of negotiation between thesis and antithesis. Blacks are inferior human beings and deserve to be treated that way in America. Power Black leaders like Martin Luther King challenge the thesis and demand the same rights as everyone else.
University tuition is too high.
The University and students make a compromise. The synthesis then becomes the thesis. Example University Trustees are the ruling class. Material major institutions family, religion, something tangible. Crime is a social fact and it is connected with poverty.