Some of the owner men were kind because they hated what they had to do, and some of them were angry because they hated to be cruel, and some of them were cold because they had long ago found that one could not be an owner unless one were cold. And all of them were caught in something larger than themselves. Some of them hated the mathematics that drove them, and some were afraid, and some worshiped the mathematics because it provided a refuge from thought and from feeling.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 5. Steinbeck criticizes the capitalist trap which landowners are caught in, compelling them to evict tenants from uneconomical farms. Some owners are said to be kind and even angry at having to do this, making them appear human. But others learn to be cold, making them appear inhumane. But all have one thing in common: they have to evict people from their homes because of the capitalist economic system.