Marcuse argues that modern mechanization and technology
A) have created an era of abundance so that modern individuals are able to engage in self-fulfilling leisure pursuits
B) have dissolved the link between individual labor and property and thus have erased individuality and creativity.
C) have produced the unintended consequences of increasing levels of individual freedom and social democracy.
D) have presented individuality and creativity as an option in labor

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Marcuse argues that modern mechanization and technology have led to the dissolution of the link between individual labor and property. He argues that the increased efficiency and productivity of modern technology has reduced the need for individual labor, and therefore eroded the basis of individuality and creativity. In other words, modern technology has turned individuals into replaceable cogs in a machine, rather than autonomous individuals with unique skills and abilities.

Marcuse Argues That Modern Mechanization and Technology