I am not sure whether it was in France or England before the industrial revolution when a nobility could get away with running over a peasant with a carriage on

I am not sure whether it was in France or England before the industrial revolution when a nobility could get away with running over a peasant with a carriage only with a fine. It did not end well. The only way the rich can live with the others in stable society if there are a lot of things money can't buy.