to cp

you were right, it was marx borrowing from hegel

the context of this (and i would like to tell cp's teacher story as well, if i have permission), was a discussion of how our seething discontent is to a certain degree mitigated for those among us who have instant feedback/reward in their jobs. doctors, say (the patient, he lives!), or teachers (the student, he understands!). yeah, not exactly what marx meant, but that doesn't detract from the point (or the natural extrapolation to my particular case).