Protecting the status quo really helps those at the top

Those at the top will always say whatever they can to protect their position. It's "class warfare", it's "stifling job creation", it's "punishing entrepreneurialism", "manifest destiny", "God's will", the "social contract", whatever.  Even Confucious was used to convince the masses that they had a societal obligation to never question why some people were the haves and others were not.  So we should not be surprised that, while they are amassing and keeping more than ever before, that they argue like hell that things need to never change or change only in ways that will benefit them alone.