I used the term "ruling class", not as an epithet, but just to refer to the people who running things, and more specifically in this instance the moderators. "Old boys club" didn't come from me, it came from one of the Devs.
And it came to us from other players, who actually believe that there is some kind of dev/mod/Magistrate conspiracy against them. You'd be surprised (and depressed) how many such people there are, actually.