[aeoleonn]

And thank the neomarxists and communists for that.

Capitalist society -> Slowly institute communism -> Slowly destroy economy to reduce purchase price of assets (real estate, infrastructure, industrial businesses) -> Elites with cash stockpiles buy those assets at low cost -> Power & wealth further centralized -> Just before moving economy/society towards Capitalism, sell off public property (such as natural resources) to your cronies -> Reimplement capitalism, now with more power than before.

Wash, rinse, and repeat, until you reach your desired level of wealth centralization in the hands of the "Qui?"'s

[mrow84]

Feels a bit “no true Scotsman” - have you considered the possibility that the process you describe is actually a structural consequence of capitalism?

Seems to me that capital accumulation and inheritance is a pretty obvious mechanism to drive that process.