It's even worse than you say. When that jig was up, slave owners (ie the upper class) moved on to new oppressive dynamics. Their grievances were ingrained into

It's even worse than you say. When that jig was up, slave owners (ie the upper class) moved on to new oppressive dynamics. Their grievances were ingrained into people in the lower classes, who now readily imagine themselves in the upper class position as the real upper class has moved on to other things.