[kamaal]

>>The wealthy only care when the pitchforks come out.

Generally by that time the wealthy are long out of the country. In fact in most revolutions where people imagine they will take from the rich, people are generally in for a shock when they realize the rich are long gone. And now the door for a peaceful taxation is also gone.

>>The biggest achievement of the wealthy has been to convince the middle class to eat itself.

The wealthy have to convince nothing. Middle class is full of people who want instant gratification, and are bad at savings and investments.