Quotation by

Karl Marx

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

Karl Marx

Society

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Marx is saying that in a capitalist society, money and property act like they have their own power and identity separate from people. Meanwhile, ordinary individuals rely on this capital for their survival and lose their sense of uniqueness or control.

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