▁jobs ▁people ▁now ad ays ▁end ▁up ▁doing ▁during ▁their ▁lifetime . ▁People ▁then ▁experience ▁multiple ▁changes ▁of ▁identity ▁in ▁their ▁lifetime ▁– ▁their ▁identity ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁fixed ▁once ▁and ▁for ▁all . ▁ ▁Human ism ▁and ▁anti - human ism ▁Marx ' s ▁" big ▁picture " ▁of ▁capital ism ▁often ▁remained ▁supre m ely ▁abstract , ▁although ▁he ▁claimed ▁ordinary ▁fol ks ▁could ▁understand ▁his ▁book . ▁It ▁seemed ▁to ▁many ▁sch ol ars ▁that ▁in ▁Marx ' s ▁Capital ▁people ▁become ▁" pass ive ▁subjects " ▁tra pped ▁in ▁a ▁system ▁which ▁is ▁beyond ▁their ▁control , ▁and ▁which ▁forces ▁them ▁into ▁functions ▁and ▁roles . ▁Thus , ▁it ▁is ▁argued ▁that ▁Marx ' s ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁capital ist ▁system ▁in ▁its ▁tot ality ▁is ▁too ▁" det erm in istic ", ▁because ▁it ▁down plays ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁individuals ▁as ▁" active ▁human ▁subjects " ▁to ▁make ▁free ▁choices , ▁and ▁determine ▁their ▁own ▁fate ▁( see ▁also ▁economic ▁determin ism ). ▁The ▁theoretical ▁point ▁is ▁stated ▁by ▁Peter ▁S lot erd ijk ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁anti human ist ▁version , ▁the ▁individual ▁is ▁viewed ▁as ▁" a ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁system " ▁or ▁" a ▁product ▁of ▁society " ▁who ▁person ifies ▁a ▁social ▁function . ▁In ▁this ▁case , ▁a ▁person ▁selected ▁to ▁represent ▁and ▁express ▁a ▁function ▁is ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁function ary ▁( or ▁a ▁" tool " ): ▁the ▁person ▁himself ▁is ▁the ▁character ▁mask ▁adopted