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Work under capitalism alienated individuals from themselves since work is no longer a joy, but simply a means to earn wages to survive

The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production. He hears that the instruments of production are to be exploited in common, and, naturally, can come to no other conclusion than that the lot of being common to all will likewise fall to the women

And then when you ask yourself the question, how is it, for instance, that healthcare has become less and less affordable in this country, more and more people are being dispossessed of the right to healthcare? You ask yourself the question, who is getting rich in this situation? Well, it’s those very, very small elite who are getting so much money... See more

Anomie is used to indicate a set of phenomena whereby the norms of social structures enter into crisis following an extension of the division of labor

You are horrified at our intending to do away with private property. But in your existing society, private property is already done away with for nine-tenths of the population; its existence for the few is solely due to its non-existence in the hands of those nine-tenths. You reproach us, therefore, with intending to do away with a form of property... See more

Alienation means the lack of power, control and fulfillment experienced by workers in capitalist societies which the means of producing goods are privately owned and controlled