Sieff says that Khrushchev's response to BR's appeal is synonymous with the opinion of most citizens in Moscow. He says Khrushchev is justified in his response since economic crimes result in the exploitation of man, which is a capital crime against the social order. BR's perspective is removed from that of the ordinary citizen, and the death sentence should be decided upon in context of the psychology of the individual: conscious crime or unconscious puppetry of the state.