Those who want to believe that the “purge†would facilitate a more level playing field for the ‘poor’ - dream on. And google the 2011 UK riots (aka the “proletariät shopping early for Christmas†event.)
What the ‘poor’ want is not level playing fields and all that misty-eyed idealist BS but big-screen TVs (to watch footy), Nike shoes, branded tshirts, gadgets, games and all that mass-consumer shit, and loots accordingly. A purge event could indeed draw those dregs into one handy location (i.e. retail mall to loot) for easy disposal, if that’s your thing.
( ’Poor’ as in ‘underclass’ in first-world countries, and not as in individuals fallen on hard times - those hardly associate themselves with the ‘poor’ mentality.)