Capitalism both bombards us with the ideal of fashion as individual expression, and denies us the means to attain anything ...

The word "alienation" thus harbors an ironic double meaning. Freedom of alienation is the paramount characteristic of liberal property rights, yet Marx saw a necessary connection between this market ...

alienation occurs when humans are dehumanised and unable to live fulfilling lives exploitation occurs when humans are treated as objects and used as a means to an end institutions (for example ...

“According to Marx, workers under capitalism do not recognize the relationship between their labor and the capital that they produce, because they have become ‘alienated’ from the realities of work.