As a result, therefore, man (the worker) no longer feels himself to be freely active in any but his animal functions—eating, drinking, procreating, or at most in his dwelling and in dressing-up, etc. And in his human functions he no longer feels himself to be anything but an animal. What is animal becomes human and what is human becomes animal.

—Karl Marx, 1844

Marxist views on the meaning of labor certainly changed societal views on work and its importance to the human condition, something we cover heavily in our latest issue. But still, LQ can’t read that quote without thinking about punching those white electro dudes in purple togas square in the face. PREPARE TO MEET WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM.