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    It is not the case that On this account, objectification under capitalist relations necessarily generates alienation, making the two concepts extensionally equivalent within the relevant social conditions.

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    • 1.Objectification (treating as object) and alienation (psychological estrangement) are logically distinct—one can occur without the other.
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    • 2.Workers in some capitalist contexts report meaningful engagement despite objectified labor, suggesting alienation is contingent, not necessary.
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    • 3.Pre-capitalist and non-capitalist systems also objectify labor without the specific psychological alienation capitalism generates, disproving necessary equivalence.
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    • 1.Under capitalism, workers lose control over their labor process and its products, which is the defining feature of objectification.
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    • 2.This loss of control necessarily severs the worker's connection to their own creative essence, producing the psychological and social harm Marx called alienation.
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    • 3.No capitalist relation can preserve worker agency over objectified labor, making the two conditions structurally inseparable.
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