"… this was a predatory state which the Czar and a small group of noblemen and bureaucrats ruled for their own exclusive benefit...The ruling group owned all the wealth, enjoyed all the privileges and monopolized all the political power, and it did not intend to give up any of its prerogatives. It considered the peasants to be little better than animals..."
Sounds awfully familiar.
If you have Millenials in your life, explain that they plan to turn us into the Hunger Games and they will be District One with all the food and money.