There is always good money to be made in reassuring the haves/rich/nobility/whatever that the wretched lot of the have-nots/poor/commoners/whoever is some combi

There is always good money to be made in reassuring the haves/rich/nobility/whatever that the wretched lot of the have-nots/poor/commoners/whoever is some combination of divinely ordained, and the latter's own fault. And conveniently, the former's standards of proof are quite low in this regard.