Neither. The entire point is civilization has evolved (or digressed) to the point where one group does the work and maintains the machinery in exchange for food, while the other reaps the disproportionate benefits while supplying one resource the other depends on for survival.
For a more modern interpretation I guess we could say the morlocks have control they just don’t realize it. Something something seize the means of production?
Control was the wrong word. Who is in power through domination? This is the weakness of analogies, I got the basic jest of your initial comparison, it just had too many other things wrong with it to make it work well.
Neither. The entire point is civilization has evolved (or digressed) to the point where one group does the work and maintains the machinery in exchange for food, while the other reaps the disproportionate benefits while supplying one resource the other depends on for survival.
For a more modern interpretation I guess we could say the morlocks have control they just don’t realize it. Something something seize the means of production?
Control was the wrong word. Who is in power through domination? This is the weakness of analogies, I got the basic jest of your initial comparison, it just had too many other things wrong with it to make it work well.