The new way to sell the lower and middle classes on persistent inequality and a caste system is the culture war. You scare them about culture war bogey men: trans people, immigrants, gays, etc. The deal is "let us rule over you and tax you and charge you rent, and we will marginalize people whose existence disturbs you."
A closely related variation is the appeal the current oligarch class is making to men all over the world: let us rule over you and tax you and we will keep women in their place and set things up so you have most of the power in relationships. Men get to rule over women, and in exchange the oligarchs get to rule over men and take most of their productivity in rent and taxes. You're poor, but your wife can't leave.
A closely related variation is the appeal the current oligarch class is making to men all over the world: let us rule over you and tax you and we will keep women in their place and set things up so you have most of the power in relationships. Men get to rule over women, and in exchange the oligarchs get to rule over men and take most of their productivity in rent and taxes. You're poor, but your wife can't leave.