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Karl Marx's "Capital" Vol. 1 (Part 3/4)

Theory & Philosophy

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The Division of Labor and Manufacture

With a group of people you can do more than each one of them combined, at least each one of their skills combined together. The capitalist must assume the form of a kind of despot to manage and closely control the people. What we see is a general degradation, ora de evolution, of humanity to the form of robot. And i don't think there's a coincidence that the human has then to match that term 'robot' as fast as possible. In other words, in mark t he machine becomes an appendage of the man; it disturbs intensity and flow of life.

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