It’s Not Hypocrisy, You’re Just Powerless
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One of the primary reasons that the power balance is as uneven as it is is because Class B members are mostly unaware that they are in a war that they are losing through lack of notice.
Class B is sufficiently populous and sufficiently capable that it could fight back the overreach of Class A to reclaim some access to the levers of power were it willing to do so. But so long as most members of Class B don't see that they are Class B, they will not unify sufficiently to win.
Class B hasn't read Rochfoucauld.