The eventual obliteration of social classes is a fundamental aspect of an advancing civilization, achieved through intelligent manipulation of biologic, intellectual, and spiritual resources. [1]
Flexible and shifting social classes are indispensable to an evolving civilization, as social stability from class becoming caste diminishes personal initiative and curtails individual development, preventing social cooperation. [2] The differentiation of social levels is insured by mankind's mental and physical inequality. [3]
True religion is the only power that can increase the responsiveness of one social group to the needs of others, as lower social classes are no longer ignorant or politically helpless. [4] The upper classes viewed the free proletariat as worthless except for breeding purposes. [5] States resulting from conquest were inevitably stratified, leading to class struggles throughout history. [6]
In Jesus' time, a small middle class emerged, providing moral backbone to the early Christian church and encouraging tradesmen to continue their crafts. [7]