What I Disagree With in Marx

The majority of the things that I disagree with concerning Marx come from the first section, pages 58 through 64. First I disagree with Marx in that fact that labor is external to the laborer. This means, "it is not part of his nature, and that the worker does not affirm himself in his work, but denies himself, feels miserable and unhappy, develops no free physical and mental energy but mortifies his flesh and ruins his mind"(62). I do not believe this to be the case. Both my mother and my father love their jobs. They like to have fun apart from their jobs, but their jobs to a certain extent define who they are, at least to people at large in the community. They do not feel miserable every day, although some days are more stressful than others, and they use their job as a creative outlet as opposed to a creative barrier. I also to not agree with Marx concerning the alienation of a worker. I do not believe, "the more the worker produces, the less he had to consume", or "the more civilzed his product, the more barbaric is the worker". This is certainly not true of modern society and economy. Today, in a capitalistic society, the more one is able to produce, the more one is able to consume. Also, the complex technology that is made today, may be put together by ignorant hands, but pure genious is the only reason these new products exist on the store shelves in the first place. It is the most intelligent who adapt and adjust for the better.