Re:Marxism is not ideal (Score 1)

This isn't true at all.

The theory of alienation actually says the opposite. As I understand it, the theory of alienation states that by being paid for your labor (and, especially, since the capitalist claims the surplus value of your labor), you become "alienated" from the joys of labor.

This is part of the reason why paying people per unit of production rather than per unit of time tends to result in better productivity. It gives people a sense of worth that doesn't exist in other systems.

Marxist communism just would like to see the means of production moved from the capitalist (those who seek to increase their own wealth) to the laborer (those who seek to produce things).

It's just a shame that communism always seems to go hand in hand with centralized government in practice, because those two things will never work together.