It is indeed true, in one specific sense, that we can say that capitalism causes poverty. It’s also equally true that the statement “capitalism causes poverty” is entirely wrong given the way that it is generally meant. That general meaning being that the capitalist plutocrats (and a few lucky running dog lackeys like myself) get to scoop up the profits extorted from the brows of the workers, the bitter tears of their starving waiflings, and this is what makes poor people poor.