Marx wrote about the experience of estrangement or alienation at work. “The alien being, to whom labor and the produce of labor belongs, in whose service labor is done and for whose benefit the product of labor is provided, can only be man himself.” What does Marx mean when he says that man is the alien power over workers?

Marx wrote about the experience of estrangement or alienation at work. “The alien being, to whom labor and the produce of labor belongs, in whose service labor is done and for whose benefit the product of labor is provided, can only be the man himself.” What does Marx mean when he says that man is the alien power over workers?

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PROMPT: In this essay, Marx wrote about the experience of estrangement or alienation at work. On page 78 he wrote “The alien being, to whom labor and the produce of labor belongs, in whose service labor is done and for whose benefit the product of labor is provided, can only be man himself.” What does Marx mean when he says that man is the alien power over workers?