EJ Hobsbawm wrote the best aphorism to explain capitalism's tendency to recreate feudalism dressed up in new clothes: "capitalism saws off the tree branch upon which it sits." Here's one remedy: https://medium.com/the-national-discussion/how-to-stop-the-plutocracy-game-index-the-top-1-s-tax-rates-to-decreasing-inequality-a3a19f42cd97