Change of heart, or change of economic system?

They are all people with something to lose, or people who long for a hierarchical society and dread the prospect of a world of free and equal human beings. Behind all the ballyhoo that is talked about “godless” Russia and the “materialism” of the working class lies the simple intention of those with money or privileges to cling to them. Ditto, though it contains a partial truth, with all the talk about the worthlessness of social reconstruction not accompanied by a “change of heart.” The pious ones, from the Pope to the yogis of California, are great on the “change of heart,” much more reassuring from their point of view than a change in the economic system.—George Orwell, A Collection of Essays, 207

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Not a whole lot has changed in eighty years, has it? Except maybe the grabbing has become more extreme and obvious as the ethos of the country has changed to greed and self-centeredness/narcissism.
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