Oh my god, to answer this question we should actually start a podcast series. I once read a book by Igor Shafarewitsch called 'The Death Instinct in History'. This deals with socialism in its history and in its forms. In my opinion, it appears as a kind of power vehicle for a small caste that successfully uses narrative and time-related media. He works specifically with the resentments of the lower classes and brings them into effect precisely in the breaking points of bourgeois society and classes.