Sep 9, 2022
the worker, who works for twelve hours weaves, spins, drills, turns, builds, shovels, breaks stones, carries loads - etc does he consider this twelve hours' weaving, spinning, drilling turning, building, shoveling, stone breaking as a manifestation of his life, as life? On the contrary, life begins for him when this activity ceases, at the table, in the public house, in bed. The twelve hours' labour, on the other hand, has no meaning for him as weaving, spinning, drilling, etc. but as earnings which bring him to the table, to the public house, into bed.
Karl Marx, Estranged Labour