We live in a caste society

We live in a global caste system. An aristocracy wrapped in corporate fascism. No matter from whence it's derived, once the malignant advantaged class gets hold of a little special privilege, it locks it away in walled gardens and offers it up in small measures for temporary lease to the lesser classes in consideration for disfavored labor at a disparitive rate. Currency is a human-invented device to horde privilege to the exclusion of others. Parasitic taxes, fees and surcharges are devices to ensure wealth always leeches back to the privileged.

Wealth is a function of production. Full stop. As you produce goods and provide material services in fair measure for the good of society, you earn your keep. If a man dutifully and faithfully dedicates and pledges his working years to the betterment of society, he has earned a lifetime of privilege.

The man who digs wells and builds homes does so in service to the community so he and others may drink and have shelter. The man who treats sickness & injury and cultivates the land for food does so that he and others may enjoy health and wellbeing.

The undeniable moral imperative of the áristos ("the best") -- through its krátos (strength and power) -- is to see that all people flourish. The stench of societal decay is strong evidence of a fundamental failure of the áristos.