The Illusion of Class and the Power of Division

The entire world is passing through a time of instability. Today, we have reached a point where most people can understand what this social system is doing to them, but not what this society was actually supposed to do for them. From the middle class to the lower class, everyone is trapped in a maze. They can see the true face of this all-consuming system, yet somehow, no one seems able to do anything about it.

If you reflect for a moment, you will notice that the wealthy have no real class divisions; beyond a certain level, all rich people are essentially equal. But the poor are divided into many classes. The poor exist in different forms—the middle class, the lower-middle class, and the lower class. That is why there is no unity among them, and this lack of unity is the greatest weapon of the wealthy class. Using this weapon, they continue to exploit the majority of the world’s population.

Now let us come to the core issue—why is there no unity among the poor today (the middle class, lower-middle class, and lower class)? Why have we, the poor, become divided into so many layers? Think about it for a moment. The ability to buy products made by the wealthy, access to hospitals built by the wealthy, opportunities to study in educational institutions created by the wealthy, expensive clothing from elite stores, large restaurants owned by the wealthy—everything is, in fact, created by the wealthy.

Even within these institutions, class divisions exist. Not everyone can access the highest standard of services from these institutions simply by desire. Since the poor exist in different layers, these institutions are also structured in different tiers based on class. And the owners of all these tiers of institutions are, fundamentally, members of the wealthy class. If they wished, they could establish institutions of the same quality for the poor as they do for the rich.

But here lies the problem—the wealthy class wants divisions to exist among the poor. They want differences of opinion among them. They want the poor to dislike one another. Because unity among the poor would be the cause of the downfall of the wealthy.