Marxist Theory Of Human Nature

Human nature is a way to describe the characteristics of individuals, which relates to the formation and organization of society because of the morals and desires fueled by dominant voices, or collective voices.
Human nature, with a Marxist viewpoint is a way for individuals to view themselves as a member of a species, within a society that follow certain guidelines and rules in order to sustain the binary of society. The binary of society exist within the work of these theories to conceptualize human actions and morals of individuals. Individuals are species because of the ability to view ourselves as apart of this social structure, and therefore abide to the norms as a way to sustain that reality. For instance, work, has been a normative …show more content…
The division of labor has been a main way to organize society due to the the economic dependency that society has forced onto people in order to justify the status of the elite class. The foundation of economic structures functions to secure and maintain the structure of domination, because of it’s ability to subject a certain population, in this case poor people of color, in order to develop the country through forced cheap labor. Smith idolizes the breakup of labor, because it relates to the notion of people not having the potential to full power, and therefore become reliant on economic structures for their survival. Smith highlights the division of labor as a way to get workers to perfect their one task, in order to increase and expedite mechanisms of production in order to achieve “universal opulence” ( Smith 1776: 2012:59), which enforces the objectification of workers, whereas humans are no longer viewed as a necessity to the functions of society. Rather, workers are solely recognized for their labor as it is valued and exploited for the economic structures to thrive. The division of labor contributes to the repression of self-autonomy by forcing society to become dependent on the forces of government, …show more content…
In relation to how these characteristics drive the division of labor, as one that exists in order to debunk a revolution; a way to disembark the unity of workers by keeping them separate in order to optimize and expedite the production process. Marx states, “We have shown that the worker sinks to the level of a commodity and becomes indeed the most wretched of commodities”(70). The alienation of of the workplace can replicate to the alienation of society which references the formation of society, in which workers are stripped away from products of their labor and society, thereby highlighting their limited power in making decisions about economic, political and social structures. Because workers are at the bottom of the social hierarchy spectrum, the internalization of poverty allows them to fear the outbreak of change and chaos, thus ignore their ability to fight the system and subject themselves into slave labor for a means of survival. Workers are the the biggest contributors to society, yet are positioned into a place where they feel they can be fired, taken advantage of or jobless, therefore are forced to consent to substandard wages and conditions. Limited opportunities exist for poor people of color, thereby leading them to accept the least contributions from society and governments. This in an internalized form