Joel HatcherImagine a world where the working class is nothing more than a commodity, where the plight of the working class is an utterly miserable existence, where existence only increases with the volume of work done by the worker. The production of the object only increases the miserable existence of the proletariat. This commodity production puts wealth in the hands of a handful of business owners while leaving workers with a void that cannot be filled by producing items that have no personal value to the worker. According to Karl Marx, this is what devalues ​​human life and what he believes alienates the working class under capitalism. Marx's writings on politics and economics caused people to take a different perspective on society. In the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, Marx speaks of the alienation, objectification and universality of the worker. It is important to study his philosophy not so much for its ethics as for his view of capitalism which changed many people's opinions, making them think differently about capitalism. His philosophies are quite controversial and their interpretation has created conflicts in society that have affected human lives all over the world. In his manuscripts, Marx talks about the alienation of the working class under capitalism, he talks about work and how work is the objectification of the product created by the worker, and then he talks about the universality of man. These are some of the key concepts that I will discuss in this essay. Addressing the first topic addressed by Marx on the alienation of the working class under capitalism, human labor is alienated in the relationship between the worker and the product of his labor. Marx implies that the product of workers' labor dominates...... middle of paper ...... using the term "species being" this is what distinguishes the difference in man's mental consciousness and animals. He states that "man is more universal than an animal", in other words, man uses nature's natural resources more than animals. Man uses his natural environment to create his own life. In summing up my essay, I would like to say that I see no clear solution to Marx's problems regarding the division of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Alienation of humans is something that occurs in many aspects of society. “Capitalism is characterized by a fundamental conflict between two great antagonistic classes, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. » This is the way the world goes under capitalism: people have no choice but to sell their labor for the benefit of the bourgeoisie, it is up to the proletariat to rise up and overthrow the capitalist bourgeoisie..