Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 - Karl Marx
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The Relationship of the Worker to Nature
Under capitalism the worker is given an object of labor in the form of receiving work from a capitalist. In both cases he is alienated from direct engagement with nature cut off from his own life force only by selling his labor to a capitalist can he maintain himself as a physical being. When we are at work we do not feel at home our labor is not voluntary but coerced it is forced labor. The moment the compulsion to earn a living is lifted we do shun labor like the plague do we not and when we are atWork what are we often thinking about when we will get off work on the shittiest days? We wish so deeply we could stay wrapped up in our blankets forcing our bodies out
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