What i believe makes a difference is whether it happens cause of some malevolent force or if it is just a inherit part of our common reality.

If everyone willingly walked in to a pit of spikes it is their own fault. People should be allowed to act out their own free will as long as that act does not fuck with other people.

If someone tricked them with lies to do that then there is a problem.

I think a good number of people actually believe that rich people get together to conspire to keep the lower classes divided. So saying this as a metaphor without any caveats is probably not a great idea.