1. MATERIAL RICHES AND THE LEADER'S GREATNESS
Babylonian kingdom: The leader builds the pyramid by placing people under them. They build the pyramid down.
At the top of the pyramid in this kingdom, is a godfather/oppressor/MLM founder/earthly kings/leaders of religiopolitical empires. They are of necessity, the richest or most powerful in the whole empire...while every other person is under them, even to the point of being slaves to them. No matter what the followers do, as long as the leader is still alive, they can never be greater than the leader, who sits comfortably at the top of the pyramid and grows their ''Babylonian pyramidal influence'' by actively increasing the number of people under them.
For example, in a typical Multi-level Marketing (MLM)/pyramid scheme, the followers join under the leader who added them, and can never be greater or richer than the founder of that company, no matter what. They grow/invest in you ONLY BECAUSE their wealth directly grows in proportion to the work you put in for them, not because they genuinely care about you.