Woe to the Rich

From the lips of Jesus, Luke 6:24 "Woe to the rich."  Chapter 16 of Luke provides context and interpretation for this blunt, uncompromising verse: 

1.  A person cannot serve both God and Money at the same time.
2.  The highly religious Pharisees "loved money."
3.  The story of the rich man and Lazarus.
4.  In 19:46, Jesus describes the temple as "a den of robbers."

With this context, I could paraphrase this verse: "Woe to the religious rich."  Could the religious rich be the worst kind of rich?  Historically, this verse could be paraphrased:

1.  Woe to the atheistic rich---the Russian, Communist elite.
2.  Woe to the dictatorial rich---Papa Doc and Baby Doc and a host of Spanish kings.
3.  Woe to the deistic rich---the American founding fathers, especially the slave holders, Washington and Jefferson.
4.  Woe to the socialistic rich---the growing wealth gap in Sweden and Norway, the semi-socialistic nations.
5.  Woe to the capitalistic rich---American corporations.

It appears that the rich are clever enough to manipulate and exploit any type of economic, political or even religious system.