You're on the trail. You'll likely find Aristotlean ideals embraced by the would-be Oligarchs.
That might be as far as they care for the Bible--a work motivation tool. But is it stealing when you are simply recovering what is owed to you?Seems the controllers or beneficiaries of money always desire to circumvent 'thou shalt not steal' along with the necessities of working.
I would tend to suggest debt as being a potential tool for subjugation or quiet warfare rather than it being a warfare itself.