Self, Capitalism, Marxism

Hume's dissolution of the 'Self' into a 'bundle of perceptions', leaves, without further modification, any concept of 'Self-Interest', or of Private Property, groundless.  Now, while Smith does not address the problem posed by his associate, Kant, Hegel, and Marx do.  First, Kant, in general, posits the concept of a 'Self' that functions as a bundler of the bundle, and, more specifically, according to one interpretation of his Refutation of Idealism, shows that 'Self-Consciousness' consists in an awareness of one's effects on phenomena.  Hegel then develops that interpretation into a concept of Self-Recognition, which is also a moment of Self-Reliance that liberates a 'Slave' from a 'Master'.  Plainly, therefore, Marx's concept of one's relation to the fruits of one's labor continues that response to Hume.  Thus, the Psychological premises of Marxism are sounder than those of Capitalism, though the advantage has rarely been recognized by subsequent advocates of either system, so serious discussion of it has been lacking.