The bad of caste appearing is a symptom of technology strangulation & stagnation. Meaning: new technology empowers the new comer, allowing them to excell in moments of meritocracy - if the economic circumstances give them the chance. But they do no longer, creating the families of old, who own all the things and prevent a change of all the things.
The ugly truth is, the more oligarch a country is, the more the number of disruptions reduces. All that remains is "allowed" disruption, which are basically take over of internal guilds by the oligarchs consolidating power. Think of Rockefeller taking over the stage coach guild with ueber.
The good thing is though, this consensus of oligarchs is not global. In chaotic countries, were the hold of the oligarchs is not total, the new might still bloom and overthrow them. There lies hope, supressed by the tendrils of the oligarchs to the extern in a empire that sanctions experiments.
The ugly truth is, the more oligarch a country is, the more the number of disruptions reduces. All that remains is "allowed" disruption, which are basically take over of internal guilds by the oligarchs consolidating power. Think of Rockefeller taking over the stage coach guild with ueber.
The good thing is though, this consensus of oligarchs is not global. In chaotic countries, were the hold of the oligarchs is not total, the new might still bloom and overthrow them. There lies hope, supressed by the tendrils of the oligarchs to the extern in a empire that sanctions experiments.