The worker in a capitalist state-and that is his deepest misfortune-is no longer a living human being, a creator, a maker. He has become a machine. A number, a cog in the machine without sense or understanding. He is alienated from what he produces. (Joseph Goebbels)

The worker in a capitalist state-and that is his deepest misfortune-is no longer a living human being, a creator, a maker. He has become a machine. A number, a cog in the machine without sense or understanding. He is alienated from what he produces.

Joseph Goebbels

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