Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Manifesto of the Communist Party

Focusing on the relationship between labor and survival under capitalism, the text explores how individuals have become dependent on wages for their basic needs, contrasting this with a time when nature provided for human requirements. Marx argues that work has transformed into a means of mere survival rather than a pathway to fulfilling human potential. In this critique, he highlights the alienation of workers, who produce wealth that benefits others while they remain enslaved to their jobs, ultimately questioning the nature of fulfillment in a capitalist society.