ˈɛlɪət sˈɛd hiː fˈaʊnd ðə vjˈuː "nˌɑːt kənvˈɪnsɪŋ", ænd kəntˈɛndᵻd ðætðə pˈɪɡz wɜː mˌeɪd ˈaʊt təbi ðə bˈɛst tə ɹˈʌn ðə fˈɑːɹm; hiː pˈɑːzɪɾᵻd ðæt sˈʌmwʌn mˌaɪt ˈɑːɹɡjuː "wˌʌt wʌz nˈiːdᵻd ... wʌz nˌɑːt mˈoːɹ kˈɑːmjuːnˌɪzəm bˌʌt mˈoːɹ pˈʌblɪkspˈɪɹɪɾᵻd pˈɪɡz".
Eliot said he found the view "not convincing", and contended that the pigs were made out to be the best to run the farm; he posited that someone might argue "what was needed ... was not more communism but more public-spirited pigs".