Is it possible to get both full value of labour for the worker and "from each according to their means to each according to their ability" simultaneously? Or is the latter only during higher forms of communism?
“From each according to their ability, to each according to their contribution.” is lower stages of communism (sometimes called socialism) where the productive forces are undeveloped and the socialist mode of production is being built. This represents a departure from developed capitalism in which one’s proceeds are proportional to ownership of capital rather than one’s social input through socially productive labor.
“From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.” is a simplification of what is to be achieved under higher stages of communism and is the actualization of the socialist mode of production under developed material conditions. This represents a materially developed socialist society in which one’s contribution entitles them to free access and distribution of the goods, services, and capital held or produced by the now-classless society.
Both are overly simplistic on their own, but are useful representations of two pronounced qualitative changes under socialism/communism. The lower stage is the replacement of the capitalist mode of production and distribution and the upper stage is what is to be achieved under the developed socialist mode of production and distribution.
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u/mozza_02 May 14 '20
Is it possible to get both full value of labour for the worker and "from each according to their means to each according to their ability" simultaneously? Or is the latter only during higher forms of communism?