It actually does explain what went wrong. When those who have the money refuse to distribute it, refuse to pay a tax rate that would sustain civilization, sabotage union efforts, the result is that poverty reaches catastrophic levels.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
