Say someone uses money to buy their way to the top; like in real life, 1%.
While that same someone should be confronted with a great equalizer... you know like a gun in the hand of angry mob member; thereby assuring the consideration from the 1%.
He doesn't have to use the gun against the 1% bought he can determine his future... like the lottery.

History is strewn with those moments of the elite confronted by the great equalizer: the longbow against the French aristocracy; the cavalry of the Mongols against the Chinese empire; artillery against calvary; guns and rifles against knights in shining armor; the 3-D printer and modern firearms...