ass) suffer from the same self-delusion, but the former class finds in this self-delusion its authentication and prefers this to the position they perceive the class of the masses to be in. The masses on the other hand perceive themselves to be out of touch in their self-delusion and perceive themselves as subject to the property owner class. Marx viewed the class structure in society as divider, a separator of people. The word class was the unit into which people were divided.
             This view is central to Karl Marx's theory of history. He uses the term alienation widely in his explanation of the in-balance in society. Marx's view of contemporary society lay in his criticism of the accumulation of capital and the ways in which it drew people apart from one another. This is what Marx meant when he used the term alienation. His notion of alienation came mostly from Hegel. Although he disagrees with Hegel's notions on spirit, he rejects the notion and replaced it
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