That’s not the point. The point is that workers are so dehumanized and alienated from their life essence that they need stimulants just function under the capitalist mode of production. The legality or the drug itself isn’t the point. Had antidepressants and antianxiety meds existed in Marx’s time he would have mentioned that instead. Indeed, elsewhere he talks about opium
Again, I get the point. But using a (mostly) illegal substance as the example is just silly. At that point why not point out that literal cocaine can be prescribed by a hospital?
That’s not the point. The point is that workers are so dehumanized and alienated from their life essence that they need stimulants just function under the capitalist mode of production. The legality or the drug itself isn’t the point. Had antidepressants and antianxiety meds existed in Marx’s time he would have mentioned that instead. Indeed, elsewhere he talks about opium
Again, I get the point. But using a (mostly) illegal substance as the example is just silly. At that point why not point out that literal cocaine can be prescribed by a hospital?
I think you’re missing the forest for the trees here mam