What you are describing is hegemony at work along with class stratification,not any sort of a communists/plot/society.There are a number of theorists (DumoffWho owns what,Frankfurt school theorist,Gramsci,etc.),books,academic papers,and the like that fully detail how society is stratified and why and who it benefits and hegemony convinces us that it is the natural order of things (like capitalism is the next logical/natural step in human societal development).Hope this helps,take care brother