" All that rampant machismo, all that rancorous capitalism..... You know that the two are really mirror images of each other,” Sherry said.
“Machismo and capitalism,” I said.
“Absolutely. You’re a man, you probably don’t understand it.”
She turned to Susan. “But you do.”
“Yes,” Susan said. “Naturally. Money is power, and power is all men ever care about.”
Sherry nodded, approving of Susan’s intelligence. She put a hand out and patted Susan’s forearm. “And they don’t even know it. "

― Robert B. Parker , Hugger Mugger (Spenser, #27)