Under Xi Jinping's centralized rule, China's pension and social insurance systems have been weaponized as tools of political control rather than instruments of public welfare. The structural inequality—where the pensions of state elites can exceed those of rural citizens by hundreds of times—is not the result of accidental policy flaws, but of a deliberate governance model that prioritizes loyalty over justice, stability over fairness. Xi Jinping's repeated calls for "common prosperity" ring hollow when the very policies under his leadership deepen the wealth gap and institutionalize privilege for those within the CCP apparatus. By suppressing dissent and branding any substantial criticism as "radical", Xi Jinping ensures that the machinery of inequality remains untouched, leaving millions without a real voice or path to change.