There are at least seven conditions under which the worker’s leisure can be said to be alienated or the worker can be said to be alienated from his or her leisure: ( 1 ) when one does not have any leisure; (2) when leisure is justified only if it results in increased productivity; (3) when the worker must sacrifice leisure for more money; (4) when leisure becomes dominated by private property, the need to have rather than be; (5) when leisure activity is transformed into consumer activity; (6) when leisure extends and reinforces the alienation of work, and (7) when it becomes a flight from the alienation of work. Let us examine each of these conditions in turn.
When Leisure Becomes Consumption; Marx's Theory of Play
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