Most of history across the world has seen conflict between the wealthy merchant/scribe/craftsman class which would become the capitalists, and a landowner/pries

Most of history across the world has seen conflict between the wealthy merchant/scribe/craftsman class which would become the capitalists, and a landowner/priest/warrior aristocracy which typically held power. While it's not the first time it's ever happened, the modern industrial world is by far the longest lived and most extensive alignment of capital and power.