For the present, machine civilization is associated with capitalism, under which large-scale production has risen to its present stage, but machine civilization is by no means synonymous with capitalism — that ever-changing system of exploitation.

目前，机器文明与资本主义联系在一起，大生产发展到现在的阶段，但机器文明绝不是资本主义这种千变万化的剥削制度的代名词。