[endo_bunker]

> The fundamental goal of neoliberalism is to place all capital in private hands and eliminate any governmental control over capital

Okay

> and that means eliminating the middle class and creating a two-tiered society of serfs and aristocrats, as existed in 19th century Russia, Britain and Germany.

No, that simply does not follow.

[aguaviva]

A better reading is that neoliberalism is simply indifferent to the welfare of the middle class, and in any case radically opposed to any proactive ("socialist") efforts to protect it. If serfdom and aristocracy are what follow, then so be it.