كان الرأسماليون يملكون كل شيء في العالم، وكان سائر الناس عبيداً لهم. يملكون الأرض كلّها، والبيوت، والمصانع، والمال كلّه. فإن عصاهم أحدٌ زجّوه في السجن، أو سلبوه عمله وأجاعوه حتى الموت. وكان على الإنسان العادي، إذا كلّم رأسمالياً، أن ينحني له ويتملّق، وأن يخلع قبعته، وأن يخاطبه بـ«سيدي».

“The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave. They owned all the land, all the houses, all the factories, and all the money. If anyone disobeyed them they could throw him into prison, or they could take his job away and starve him to death. When any ordinary person spoke to a capitalist he had to cringe and bow to him, and take off his cap and address him as 'Sir'”George Orwell — Nineteen Eighty-Four (2004)