Deep down, we want to feel that we are helping people. We have to feel we are addressing genuine needs – not merely servicing random desires. Marx was aware of a lot of jobs where a person generates money but can’t see their energies ‘collected’ anywhere. Their intelligence and skills are dissipated. They can’t point to something and say: ‘I did that, that is me’. It can afflict people doing apparently glamorous jobs – a news reader or a catwalk model. Day-to-day, it is exciting. But over the years it does not add up to anything. Their efforts do not accumulate. There isn’t a long-term
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