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The way I see it: as the rate of profit falls, these groups are proletarianized as finance and monopoly capital tries to pad their margins to compensate. As material conditions change, so do class interests and relationships.
The importance of class relationships under particular material conditions is exemplified by the PRC's flag: 5 stars. 4 for the peasantry, proletariat, petite bourgeoisie, and national bourgeoisie. One large star for the Communist Party that united them.
There are no landlords in the flag. I wonder why ๐ค๐คฃ
Contradictions can sharpen to the point where even the prior ruling class will relinquish some of their power and adapt to a new mode of production in order to prevent complete and total collapse. While there will always be a contradiction between the interests of capital and labor, capitalism as a system will degrade to the extent that plenty of reactionary classes and even the capitalists themselves will see more advantages under a socialist system (hopefully ๐ค)
Look at how many of the old feudal regimes in the world have been transformed into constitutional monarchies with basically symbolic powers. A similar thing may happen after the death of capitalist as a world system too.