>>24819886 (OP)
The point of any civilization is to justify the existence of the ruling class. That is a clear fact of reality.
Whenever any material advantage is gained by one group of people, they're forced to justify why they get to have more. Kings/Nobility in antiquity, would say they descended from gods or had a divine mandate to rule, which was usually enough to quell the average dirt-eating peasant, at least enough until times were bad enough to kill the king, at which point civilization usually fell apart, because unsurprisingly, overturning the only form of government and the only people with administrative ability, rarely ends well, especially when it's during already hard times. The bronze age collapse is a good example of this.
Post Age of Enlightenment, when it's become harder for a rational person believe in prior religious conventions, the social contract of King or Noble, loses its effectiveness, and a new ruling class arises, the capitalist. These people also have to justify why they have excess, but without a religious framework, instead using the possibility of social/economic mobility for the lower classes.
Does that exist? Eh, kind've, but not really. Blah blah blah, better chance of being struck by lightning, blah blah blah.
Either way, as these capitalists continue to increase the wealth disparity, coinciding with the development of advanced technology, they can funnel their wealth into the development of machines that perfectly engage the average worker, reducing the likelihood of social upheaval, all while having created a social framework that has demonized violence and characterized opposition as entitled or lazy.
The ruling class has always built society to justify their lives, this is just nearing its unfortunate logical conclusion.
