When I think of the Lumpen, I do not think of people having to hustle from the side just to avoid homelessness and struggling to make ends meet. Those people hold no real power and are victims of capitalism.

The Lumpen would be like the mafia who make plenty of money operating within the grey lines of the system we live in. I also would count the porn industry and their exploitation. Another good example is the televenagelist/megachurch preachers and how they avoid paying taxes and exploiting people to make their money.