Marxism as Mana Alienation

“The central idea in Marxism is a very ancient proto-Indo-European/Ancient Ukrainian idea with fancy modern clothes on: In Capitalism, according to Marx’s 1844 / Paris Manuscripts, the proletarian is alienated (psychologically) from their own Mana when the physical output of their labour is appropriated by the Capitalist.”

Source: The M-N- Sound · Substack “Power of Mana (4)” / Twitter (Tweet 18)

Marx’s alienation theory reframed as Mana alienation. “Old wine in new bottles” — Communism itself is an IE ideology about Mana.

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