Marxism & Alienation in the 21st Century
Why Marxism is Still Relevant — You Can’t Deny It
4 min readMay 3, 2021
Karl Marx argued some time ago that the Industrialized Age brought with it an alienation from our true nature, as the notorious political philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau thought before him.
But some may think that this is an outdated principle. Sure, they shrug, back when workers did not have labor unions and actual living wages, Marx may have been correct … but now?! Surely the middle class has no right to be alienated from whatever it is we call our…