Why is Marxs theory of Alienation flawed/irrelevant today?
First and foremost, Marx’s opinions are not completely null and void today. Karl Marx carries a negatively charged connotation because of the role his works have played in shaping history – in reality, many of the governments who lay clam to Marx’s ideologies, he could not recognize as legitimate. Karl Marx believed in democracy, the form of government. He recognized the United States as the best possible form of government/economy, given our reality. I feel like that must be stated in relation to Marx, as many people are willing to simply dismiss his writings as “Evil”, “Commie”, and “Anti-American” due to general US sentiment. I would not say that his theories are outdated, because there are parts of the world that are just now discovering the necessary wealth in order to enter the industrial age, but are not as relevant to places such as the United States and the EU, because we have substantially improved working conditions, wage laws, child labor laws, et cetera. 19th century capit
