How do you think feudalism got its start?
In the beginning, the more land you ruled, the stronger you became.
The stronger you became, the more land you could acquire.
The people living on the land you acquired, became your serfs.
And today, the more money you acquire, the stronger you become.
And the stronger you become, the more money you can acquire.
Until you and the other fraction of the 1% own the country, while the rest of us depend on the crumbs from your table.
That certainly works in places like Haiti, is somewhat applicable in Mexico and is one of strongman Obama's goals. The difference between your generalisms and reality here in the US is people have a somewhat predetermined and non-capricious amount of money that will be taken from them at the end of the barrel of the gun.
But along comes "Age of Reason" to suggest that the government doesn't take enough from the "rich". Full of righteous socialist rhetoric about crumbs but without a freaking clue as to the cause of widening income disparities.