So we conclude that all our lives on earth we shall, for most of the time, be richer in possessions than others; all our lives we will be under the command of God to share with those less fortunate, with victims of our systems of distribution and production. (religion-online.org)
It gives millions of humble, ordinary people a sense that they are no longer entirely victims of the system: that they act, as well as are acted upon; that to some small degree they have a stake in society. (firstthings.com)
She can also condescend to her Christian readers, as when she cautions them to remember that, in the Roman coliseums, «the lions were as likely to be victims of that system as the Christians» and «if sheer numbers are any indication it was likely safer to be a Christian in the Roman system of games than to be an animal.» (firstthings.com)