Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalist mode of production.
Meaning of the quote
Just because someone is having problems with their girlfriend doesn't mean it's always because of how the economy is set up. Sometimes personal relationships have nothing to do with the larger economic system.
About Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse was a prominent German-American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist associated with the Frankfurt School. He criticized capitalism, modern technology, and popular culture, arguing they represent new forms of social control. Marcuse became known as the pre-eminent theorist of the New Left and student movements in the 1960s and 1970s.
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