Estranged+Labour

Marx- “Estranged Labour” 1844 Central question- what is the connection between private property, labor, capital etc? Private property is the end result of alienated labor Men (workers) are estranged/ alienated from The concept of productive activity switches from being something one does for self to something forced to perform for another The worker is estranged from the product of his/ her work- because they do not own the means to production Species being- what it means to be human Estrangement from other men- workers can only relate to one another What is the nature of human nature? Initially I would have argued that the pre- estrangement and alienation relationship of man to his species being is painted as the ideal, however what does this say about human nature since such “estrangement” was able to occur? Since there seems to be no deviation from the existence of alienated labor, the continuance of such a relationship say more about human nature than the ideal that did not survive. Is there human agency? Judging from the tone of this article, post-estrangement there is no agency outside of becoming one for whom people work. Are the self employed also estranged/ alienated? And can there be equality? The system of private property described inherently requires that inequality exists. We know from later other writings that Marx envisions a way toward equality.
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How does one go about reversing the process of alienating labor. Given this narrative, I’m not convinced abolishing private property or eliminating classes is the answer, especially if he’s arguing that working for someone else, among other things, separates someone from the understanding of what it means to be human.