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Yeah, to uphold the status quo of the few owning everything and controlling everyone
That's not why we built them. They got hijacked for that, and they need fixing.
They were built so we had an alternative to killing each other over disputes.
Pretty sure feudalism got started because the raiders noticed that if they didn't steal and burn everything and mostly prevented others from doing that, then they could extract more from the peasants in the long run. Nothing got hijacked, "civilization" structured around the threat of violence was exploitative from the start.
It's not a threat of violence, it's a preferable alternative to violence, for both sides. Revolts aren't great for those in power, but they are catastrophic for a significant number of those not in power.