We see a parallel in Russia where a dominant KGB derived cadre monopolises resources$$ and the 'wretches'go to war and the birth rate declines.. Russia had limitless resources, based on oil/gas/minerals and yet the KGB cadre has reduced them to desperation. War products are destroyed, some help, some poke sticks at the wretches.. Another parallel might be Animal Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm