You must follow the rules, in order to live . . . but they, your overseers, must have a system for violating the rules, so that they live, and reign, over you.
Life is hard, because of the ruling organizations of power, religion, and social structure(s) that violate(s) the rules.
National Socialism in Germany, Russian Socialism, and Jewish Communism|Socialism - all three with power structures - under which, you could swear that you crossed all the "T"'s and dotted all the "i"'s . . . but you lose, and, or, are punished anyway.
Because of the powerful who abuse and violate the rules.
I agree that those on top see socialism as a means to protect their position. They want you to be drained of assets so you can’t get ahead, but they protect themselves by reclassifying their incomes as other terms, like revenue streams or selling their assets to the business and letting the business pay for everything.