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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Marx had a lot to say about this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_alienation

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In his analysis, Marx identified four key aspects of alienated labour. First, the worker is alienated from the product of their labour, which is appropriated by the capitalist and confronts the worker as a hostile power.

Second, they are alienated from the activity of production itself, which is experienced not as a fulfilling expression of creativity but as coerced, meaningless toil.

Third, this leads to alienation from their own human nature, or species-being (Gattungswesen), as free, conscious activity is reduced to a mere means of survival.

Finally, the worker is alienated from other people, as social relationships become reified and mediated by market exchange, fostering competition and indifference rather than community.

Looks like #2 and #3 apply directly to the situation in your comment.

Dude knew what he was talking about.

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