Gemienschaft or Gesllschaft

Most individuals go to work everyday and hate the jobs they are doing. Throughout this sort essay it will become apparent as to why many people have felt and do feel that way. This essay will examine Marx's and Engles idea of private property, Marx's idea of alienated labor by looking at four sources of estranged labor, the social and personal consequences that result from alienated labor, and George Ritzer's article, McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace.

Alienation appears when the world and the people around you become strange to you. However, one must understand that this alienation or estrangement would not exist if the idea of private property did not exist. Firstly, it must be understood that production is inheritably social and, therefore, requires a large amount of people. This type of social production is more constructive than individual production. Furthermore, there are people in society that own the means of production; these people get to decide who benefits and who does not. When societies produce more than it needs to sustain itself it is called wealth; this wealth could be distributed equally among individuals in society but, like was stated previously, those who own the means of production, or the bourgeoisie, are usually the ones who accumulate wealth. This type of ownership of private property dates back to the Greek and Roman times; these two empires were founded on the idea of owning slaves. This, in turn, enables the owners to force slaves to participate in the social labor process. This type of alienation and ownership is apparent in many different societies such as feudal society where individuals would exchange death for taxes, and in capitalist society where the owners ensure social production by giving the workers wages. All of these different societies are based on the idea of exploitation and this creates an alienation of labor. Additionally, it must be noted that alienation is a social fact and therefore, is present even if one cannot feel it. For that reason, the best time to witness alienation is when it is at the end of its leash or when it is exhausted.

Within Marx's idea of the alienation