' ▁in ▁such ▁g low ing ▁terms . ▁He ▁says ▁that ▁commun ism ▁' does ▁away ▁with ▁labour '. ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁' If ▁it ▁is ▁desired ▁to ▁strike ▁a ▁mort al ▁blow ▁at ▁private ▁property , ▁one ▁must ▁attack ▁it ▁not ▁only ▁as ▁a ▁material ▁state ▁of ▁affairs , ▁but ▁also ▁as ▁activity , ▁as ▁labour . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁mis app reh ensions ▁to ▁speak ▁of ▁free , ▁human , ▁social ▁labour , ▁of ▁labour ▁without ▁private ▁property . ▁“ Lab our ” ▁by ▁its ▁very ▁nature ▁is ▁un free , ▁un human , ▁un social ▁activity , ▁determined ▁by ▁private ▁property ▁and ▁creating ▁private ▁property .' ▁Under ▁Capital ism ▁' [ t ] he ▁capital ist ▁functions ▁only ▁as ▁capital ▁person ified , ▁capital ▁as ▁a ▁person , ▁just ▁as ▁the ▁worker ▁only ▁functions ▁as ▁the ▁person ification ▁of ▁labour , ▁which ▁belongs ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁tor ment , ▁as ▁ex ert ion '. ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁generally ▁held ▁that ▁Marx ' s ▁view ▁was ▁that ▁product ive ▁activity ▁is ▁an ▁essential ▁human ▁activity , ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁reward ing ▁when ▁purs ued ▁freely . ▁Marx ' s ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁' work ' ▁and ▁' lab our ' ▁in ▁the ▁section ▁above ▁may ▁be ▁une qu iv oc ally ▁negative ; ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁always ▁the ▁case , ▁and ▁is ▁most ▁strongly ▁found ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁writing . ▁However , ▁Marx ▁was ▁always ▁clear ▁that ▁under ▁capital ism , ▁labour ▁was ▁something ▁in human