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

This is what Marx called alienation. And finally, there’s the cash workers get for their labor—it’s not much. In a capitalist system, Marx said, workers compete with each other to accept the ...

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 ...