I agree that Marx missed to a large degree the ability of the system to adapt; and it shows both in his philosophical and economics writings. It’s a bit ironic

I agree that Marx missed to a large degree the ability of the system to adapt; and it shows both in his philosophical and economics writings. It’s a bit ironic that in 1883, the year Marx died, Otto von Bismarck initiated a series of reforms in an effort to appease the working class. The reforms that were disparagingly called Staatssozialismus (State Socialism) by his liberal opponents. I doubt Marx would call modern governments utopia, but the centralisation of banking, state schooling and better working conditions were indeed a part of the demands in his manifesto.