I am far from being a marxist but the feeling of alienation he described as a result of not owning your own work is to my humble estimates, a big reason for the level of nihilism we see today.

People dont own their time, work, and in some places, they're not even free to homeschool or grow their food by themselves.

This whole thing is going to end badly. I dont know much about the US, but in Europe, we're headed for a civil war in 2035.