▁Most ▁Marx ists ▁will ▁argue ▁that ▁this ▁view ▁is ▁an ▁ide ological ▁ill usion ▁and ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁comm od ity ▁fet ish ism : ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁people ▁act ▁self ish ly ▁is ▁held ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁scarc ity ▁and ▁capital ism , ▁not ▁an ▁imm utable ▁human ▁characteristic . ▁For ▁confirm ation ▁of ▁this ▁view , ▁we ▁can ▁see ▁how , ▁in ▁The ▁Holy ▁Family ▁Marx ▁arg ues ▁that ▁capital ists ▁are ▁not ▁motiv ated ▁by ▁any ▁essential ▁v icious ness , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁drive ▁toward ▁the ▁bare ▁' s embl ance ▁of ▁a ▁human ▁existence '. ▁( Mar x ▁says ▁' s embl ance ' ▁because ▁he ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁capital ists ▁are ▁as ▁al ien ated ▁from ▁their ▁human ▁nature ▁under ▁capital ism ▁as ▁the ▁pro let ariat , ▁even ▁though ▁their ▁basic ▁needs ▁are ▁better ▁met .) ▁ ▁Ne eds ▁and ▁drives ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 4 4 ▁Man us cript s ▁the ▁young ▁Marx ▁wrote : ▁▁ ▁Man ▁is ▁directly ▁a ▁natural ▁being . ▁As ▁a ▁natural ▁being ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁living ▁natural ▁being ▁he ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand ▁end owed ▁with ▁natural ▁powers , ▁vital ▁powers ▁– ▁he ▁is ▁an ▁active ▁natural ▁being . ▁These ▁forces ▁exist ▁in ▁him ▁as ▁t endencies ▁and ▁ab ilities ▁– ▁as ▁instinct s . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁as ▁a ▁natural , ▁cor p ore al , ▁sens uous ▁objective ▁being ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁suffering , ▁condition ed ▁and ▁limited ▁creature , ▁like ▁animals