Full Idea
The bourgeoisie has at last, since the establishment of modern industry and the world market, conquered for itself, in the modern representative state, exclusive political sway.
Gist of Idea
The bourgeoisie now control society, through modern industry and markets
Source
Karl Marx (Collected works (w Engels) - 50 vols [1860], Vol 6: 486), quoted by Jaime Edwards/Brian Leiter - Marx 3.2
A Reaction
This idea has endured and led to hatred of the middle classes, and even their extermination. And yet surely if the proletariat gain power and wealth, they become bourgeois? This is all outmoded by the modern super-rich.
Book Reference
Edwards,J/Leiter,B: 'Marx' [Routledge 2025], p.61