Wolf asserts that the "cases of the idle rich, the corporate executive and the pig farmer are in some ways very different, but they all share at least this feature: they can all be characterized as lives whose dominant activities seem covariant with modern existence."

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The quote is a misattribution or fabrication, as it does not accurately reflect any well-known statement by a specific author named Wolf regarding the comparison of the idle rich, corporate executives, and pig farmers in the context of modern existence. The concept of lives being "covariant with modern existence" is not a standard phrase or idea directly associated with discussions about these groups in philosophical or sociological literature.

Wolf Asserts That the "Cases of the Idle Rich, the Corporate