James 5:1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
I think many confuse themselves when they think the rich are the elites and they blame the satanic, evil age on the "elites".
When we talk about the elites what we are specifically referring to are those who have sold themselves wholly to do evil. Now doing evil does not mean they are psychopaths like Stalin. It is not often obvious who has sold themselves completely. But the point is once they have sold themselves it is no longer they that are calling the shots but Satan.
For example, Putin and Zelensky. They have both most likely sold themselves completely to do evil. Zelensky has no doubt sought to be rich through the use of blackmail and he has been given the desires of his heart in this pact with the devil. However, his blackmail only makes sense when Russia is threatening Europe. So at first the war with Russia worked out to make him and his cronies rich. But in the end he is simply a tool for Satan to bring great destruction on the entire earth and to bring forth one world government with Satan disguised as the rider on the white horse to be in charge.
Likewise with Putin. He has probably sold himself to also be rich but to also bring glory back to Russia so that the whole earth will once again fear her. I expect his pact includes getting vengeance on those that cheered when the USSR collapsed. He is getting all this, but in the end he too will just be a tool used by Satan to do his bidding. Already I believe that both Zelensky and Putin realize they are both going to be sacrificed to achieve Satan's goals.
Right now they are very angry, like someone who got scammed because they didn't read the fine print of the contract. Satan is playing man for a fool, there are no favorites. Those that make a pact with the devil are simply the biggest fools not considering eternity.