Topic > Understanding Social Reality Through Marxism - 1345

People work based on capitalist goals to pay for them. In capitalism, work is no longer a goal in itself but as an expression of humanity's ability, potential and effort to earn money. The individual who has experienced alienation in capitalist society is the fundamental focus of Mark's analysis into the structure of capitalism that has become the source of alienation. Marx used the concept of alienation to describe the influence of capitalist production on people and society. Most important is the two-class system in which capitalists use and treat workers (and therefore their labor time) and their output (tools and raw materials) as final products and workers are forced to devote their time to work for the capitalist. so that they can