HUMAN NATURE BEING THE TRUE COMMUNITY OF MEN, THEY PRODUCE BY AFFIRMING THEIR NATURE, THE HUMAN COMMUNITY, THE SOCIAL BEING WHICH IS NOT A GENERAL POWER, ABSTRACT IN FRONT OF THE ISOLATED INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE BEING OF EACH INDIVIDUAL, HIS OWN ACTIVITY, HIS OWN LIFE, HIS OWN ENJOYMENT, HIS OWN WEALTH. THIS TRUE COMMUNITY IS THEREFORE NOT BORN OF REFLECTION; IT SEEMS TO BE THE PRODUCT OF THE NEED AND SELFISHNESS OF INDIVIDUALS, IN OTHER WORDS THE AFFIRMATION OF THEIR EXISTENCE ITSELF. IT DOES NOT DEPEND ONLY ON MAN WHETHER THIS COMMUNITY IS OR IS NOT; BUT UNTIL MAN RECOGNIZES HIMSELF AS SUCH AND ORGANIZES THE WORLD HUMANELY, THIS COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THE FORM OF ALIENATION: SUBJECT OF THIS COMMUNITY, MAN IS A BEING ALIENATED FROM HIMSELF. MEN ARE THESE ALIENATED BEINGS, NOT IN ABSTRACTION, BUT AS REAL, LIVING, PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS. SUCH INDIVIDUALS, SUCH A COMMUNITY. MAN IS ALIENATED FROM HIMSELF, THAT IS, THE SOCIETY OF THIS ALIENATED MAN IS THE CARICATURE OF HIS REAL COMMUNITY, OF HIS REAL GENERIC LIFE; THAT HIS ACTIVITY APPEARS TO HIM AS A TORMENT, HIS OWN CREATIONS AS A FOREIGN POWER, HIS WEALTH AS POVERTY, THE DEEP BOND THAT CONNECTS HIM TO OTHERS AS AN ARTIFICIAL BOND, THE SEPARATION FROM OTHERS AS HIS TRUE EXISTENCE; THAT LIFE IS THE SACRIFICE OF HIS LIFE; THAT THE REALIZATION OF HIS BEING IS THE LOSS OF HIS LIFE; THAT IN PRODUCTION HE PRODUCES HIS NOTHINGNESS; THAT HIS POWER OVER THE OBJECT IS THE POWER OF THE OBJECT OVER HIM. (COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL IN “ECONOMY AND PHILOSOPHY”)