You might just be an introvert. There will probably always be introverts in any kind of society. The stuff that Marx talks about is alienating on top of the normal alienation that you already have.
Under communism, you would be less alienated overall. You would still have the alienation of being an introvert, but you wouldn't have the extra alienation of working in a capitalist system.
Psychology is obviously a modern innovation, but of all the psychological frameworks to reify, the pop notion of introverts and extroverts seems especially particular to an era of neoliberal capitalism where strong social bonds have been totally dissolved, the majority of interpersonal interaction is highly mediated, and we're all expected to shape our circumstances based on our individual natural capacities.
You might just be an introvert. There will probably always be introverts in any kind of society. The stuff that Marx talks about is alienating on top of the normal alienation that you already have.
Under communism, you would be less alienated overall. You would still have the alienation of being an introvert, but you wouldn't have the extra alienation of working in a capitalist system.
Psychology is obviously a modern innovation, but of all the psychological frameworks to reify, the pop notion of introverts and extroverts seems especially particular to an era of neoliberal capitalism where strong social bonds have been totally dissolved, the majority of interpersonal interaction is highly mediated, and we're all expected to shape our circumstances based on our individual natural capacities.