Thought: Capitalism is actually a step down from monarchism in terms of working class liberation.
Under a monarchy, or anything like it, you at least know who to blame. You know who owns the means of production, and it is clear-cut that they are your target and enemy. If they aren't visible, then they aren't an aristocrat, by definition.
Under capitalism, sure, we have a few straight white dudes who plant themselves front and center and play king. Your Bezoses and Musks. But by and large, the capitalist class keeps themselves invisible. They play puppeteer and wheel and deal with each other behind the scenes. We don't know their names, we don't know where they live, we don't know if this one guy in particular is more of a problem than this other guy. We don't know who has the power that needs to be seized, how they use it, the extent of the capital it is seated in. Therefore, we as a movement have no direction, no enemy beyond the very general "the whole capitalist system".
I think this is a big part of the reason that Marx was wrong about where
#socialism would arise first. Cuba, Korea, China, Russia, Vietnam, Burkina Faso — all these places had very clear dictators (or imperialist colonizers) that needed to be toppled, and when they were, they knew the revolution had won.
I could also go into the notion that historically a monarchy could empower the working class more than any liberal democracy. Capitalism really does feel like a very intentional and definitive 'end of history' in which the bad guys have won, these days. The only way forward might be through.
