Socialism and Vitalism

Kant's characterization, in the 3rd Critique, of an Organism as a body each of the parts of which are both Means and Ends, is also a social model, i .e. it applies to his Kingdom of Ends.  Now, according to Marx, as a mere commodity, a worker is a mere cog in the means of production of profit to the owner of that means.  Accordingly, on that concept, a worker that is also the owner of the means of production is both a Means and an End.  Thus, Marx has at his disposal a Kantian argument that a Socialist collective is an Organism, whereas a Capitalist aggregate is, as has been previously discussed, no more than a mechanistic association, i. e. he has at his disposal a Vitalistic defense of Socialism.