Why does it seem like Marx's observations about society

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2016-07-14 20:37:08 Post No. 29952010
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Anonymous 2016-07-14 20:37:08 Post No. 29952010 [Report]

Why does it seem like Marx's observations about society were more right than wrong?
His thoughts about the causing of these social issues, and his prediction for the outcomes may have been wrong, but what he actually discusses in his work brings up deja vu for me. Does r9k represent a rejection of modern society's definition of human nature? Is NEETdom an early form of communism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_alienation
>In the capitalist mode of production, the generation of products (goods and services) is accomplished with an endless sequence of discrete, repetitive, motions that offer the worker little psychological satisfaction for "a job well done". By means of commodification, the labour power of the worker is reduced to wages (an exchange value); the psychological estrangement (Entfremdung) of the worker results from the unmediated relation between his productive labour and the wages paid him for the labour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_human_nature
>the fact that people act selfishly is held to be a product of scarcity and capitalism, not an immutable human characteristic.

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Anonymous 2016-07-14 20:37:55 Post No.29952026
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Anonymous 2016-07-14 20:37:55 Post No.29952026 [Report]

Does anyone else notice similarities, or am I reaching?

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Anonymous 2016-07-14 21:00:53 Post No.29952444
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Anonymous 2016-07-14 21:00:53 Post No.29952444 [Report]

>>29952010
For me, I think so, somewhat.

I do have a lot of Marxist values I believe. I don't necessarily want *full* socialism though. "Excellent diagnosis, poor remedy" as they say (not that he went into so much details on how socialism should work IIUC?).

Capitalism has become extremely demoralizing for many people. It is to me. I think there's a serious problem. The giant service sector isn't any better for many robots unfortunately. If anything it's worse. Right now the worst problem is that there's a labor surplus and that corporations have so much power. Things could probably be much more bearable otherwise.

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Anonymous 2016-07-14 21:03:09 Post No.29952487
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Anonymous 2016-07-14 21:03:09 Post No.29952487 [Report]

>>29952010
because it's easy to make broad generalizations about "society" and then slip in some idiotic ideology.

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Anonymous 2016-07-14 21:15:33 Post No.29952730
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Anonymous 2016-07-14 21:15:33 Post No.29952730 [Report]

>>29952444
Nice trips

He focused more on how it affects the worker, but in our society, the common person is the worker.

I find the cult of business leaders to be interesting, it's a new version of religion, almost.