Some object to modernity, some to capitalism, some to excesses of capitalism.
Some view capitalism with suspicion and sense a return to colonialism.
It was an illustration or a bit of evidence of some crony capitalism".
Despite politics, the area is the proud home of some of capitalism's automotive crown jewels: Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini.
Rather than Marx, sceptics should turning to some of capitalism's most successful practitioners such as Soros.
One person tweeted "me", some said "capitalism", while others echoed the same issues that seemed to be occupying minds in Newcastle: poverty, crime, jobs.
For evidence of this you only have to turn to some of capitalism's most celebrated heroes and heroines, such as George Soros, who has long professed bafflement over why more people don't curb the excesses of people like him.
But it is not shy about hanging out some of capitalism's dirtiest laundry.Much of the space is devoted to past crises and scandals, including the panic of 1907, numerous stockmarket crashes, the 1980s junk-bond debacle and the dotcom bust.
The adepts often like to suggest that the jury is still out, but they have, sorrowfully, to acknowledge that the case is not looking good; the critics gleefully point to the millions of Stalin's victims and to the unparalleled prosperity brought (to some) by capitalism, and then consider the case closed.
And this city, which has been such a powerful vector for new economy fervor, is reaffirming some of capitalism's oldest truths: the process of creative destruction is never-ending; change is the only constant, and the foundations of new companies are often built opportunistically upon the wreckage of the old.
