Capitalism Traps the Working Class With Debt Submitted by Internationalism USA on 10 April, 2009 - 09:45 The debt trap has to some extent always been a feature of class society. After the bourgeoisie gained control over the state in its period of ascendancy, it tended to enact laws that mitigated the most devastating consequences of debt. Read more about Capitalism Traps the Working Class With Debt2859 reads