Very good comments . Eventual overthrow of a system due to economic inequality is inevitable . As you ' re aware , it is the nature of economic modes to condense wealth into the hands of few , while the working class get pushed down towards the base of the pyramid of tangible wealth . Haves vs the have nots . This has been true of the evolution of all economic modalitiesfrom the kingdoms built off the backs of conquered slaves in the Ancient world , to the far reaching monarchies borne of fiefdoms themselves the product of property rights and indentured servitude in the Middle Ages , to our present , nearly worldwide , capitalistically driven system . One ushered in by the mechanized advances and laissez faire policies of the Industrial Revolution . Economic inequality has toppled them all , save for the last . I imagine our current system will last several hundred years more , and then it too will violently transcend into something new and unforeseen .