Instead Capitalism rode out the storm of revolution and at the end of the century succeeded in restoring its world-wide dominion. But it is a victory that within itself bears the seed of its own destruction. The essence of capitalism was comprimised by the challenge of socialism. For more than a half of a century it reluctantly yielded to the demands of the working classes so that the private property system would not be essentially threatened. This temporarily reduced the inner contradictions of capitalism and a part of the working class, which had been designated by history to overthrow it, was persuaded to make concessions.
Triumphant capitalism shows consideration for no one but itself.
It solely and unrestrainingly recognizes maximum profit and shuns no means in the struggle for more gain. Accordingly, capitalism again appears, play ing a straight-forward game, creating poverty in wealth, making plans for want of plans, being effectively inef fective, in short, standing out in all its misanthropic ugliness. In only twenty years capitalistic vengeance has created insufferable conditions for the majority of mankind. When the rich get richer the poor get poorer measured both by global standards and in each individual capitalistic country. Therefore the socialistic truth is conclusively substantiated that under capitalism wealth is the source itself of poverty.