Karl Marx and the bureacratisation of life

Karl Marx has the last laugh.

The Post-Modern  21st century 'Bourgeois' suburban dweller  has harnessed the electronic power of modern technology to consolidate his own social power and status.

He uses e-mail, mobile phone, text messages etc to insulate himself from those he neglects and ignores and thus anaesthetises himself from any pangs of guilt he might feel about his abuse.

Like the Mobster or Drug Lord who just gives the orders, but never has to pull the trigger himself, he never has to see face to face the results of his neglect, exploitation or abuse.

The social relations of the 21st century Bourgeois, like other aspects of his life, have become almost entirely bureaucratized.

The only people he has to interact with face-to-face nowadays  are those in his inner "Bubble" who are absolutely necessary to his psychological survival.

This leaves him free to exploit and parasitise others with relative ease and casual cruelty.

Marx would  be chuckling in his grave