This point is the random assignment of classes every once in a while. It seems that no one has mentioned what this metaphor is.
What is the point of reallocation? If only class conflicts and solidification are revealed, then there is no need to set random redistribution. The significance of redistribution is that everyone's status is not stable, the top layer cannot last forever, and the bottom layer will have rising expectations as long as it survives. So everyone may appear on every floor. When everyone realizes this, they will not allow greed to dominate themselves, but will form a contract so that no matter where I appear, life will not be too bad, that is, the "maximum minimum" principle.
Seeing him rise from a high-rise building and feasting guests, it was when he was on the upper floor, and when the building collapsed, he fell to the lower floor. This change cannot be controlled by individuals. The so-called rich is only three generations, your generation can ensure that your children and grandchildren will enjoy your essential position? History proves never possible. So this film is an educational film, which explains the question of where people's moral psychology comes from: because you can't always be successful, you have to think about people at the bottom. Maybe one day you or your descendants will be the bottom layer.
If you are interested in this logic, you can go to Rawls's "Theory of Justice". The difference principle is the above reason of the argument. The director is very clever and expresses a theme of political philosophy in the form of a movie. In other words, without justice, human society will be unbearable to what extent.
To add, Rawls's assumption of the veil of ignorance is: If you don't know what tier you are on, what principles do you think the food distribution of the whole system should follow? The director's random assignment of floors expresses the same meaning.
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