#+title: should we abolish alienation?

[[file:20200720100117-hegel.org][Hegel]] believed that, in recognizing our [[file:20200716140724-alienation.org][alienation]], would lead to our [[file:20210518220053-freedom.org][freedom]].
The example used in the [[https://soundcloud.com/whytheory/alienation][Why Theory episode on the topic]] was a teenager no longer
feeling awkward around their parents, as this shows that the teenager has
developed a sense of independence from their parents, therefore acquiring
freedom. Hegel believed that society needed alienation in order for freedom to
exist. Were people like ants, they would have no alienation, and therefore no
freedom.

[[file:20200611202011-marx.org][Marx]] mostly [[file:20210606094611-alienation_for_marx.org][spoke of alienation]] in the sphere of labor. In that sense,
alienation ought to be abolished. In this way we can imagine a society where
goods, collectively produced, are under the control of those who produce them.
Unlike, say, a factory worker, who may not even be able to afford the things
they produce, in communism a worker would have complete say over how such
commodities are handled. Further, without a [[file:20200716124919-division_of_labor.org][division of labor]], many more people
would be able to partake in various forms of production. This doesn't address
other forms of alienation, however.

[[file:20210421095355-slavoj_zizek.org][Slavoj Zizek]] says somewhere that he wants to live in a society with only some
alienation.