The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions.
A good tactic is one your people enjoy.
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
Work? It’s just serious play.
Celebrities have to get their cars washed just like everybody else.
It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical theories. It's wrong.