[Marxism] work-needs

[S. Artesian]

International Publishers, 1932/43 edition pages 76/77.

I think my interpretation is a bit different than Michael's, but maybe not, 
because I think Lenin is showing that the inequality is NOT in everybody 
receiving the same share based on TIME, no matter how "valuable," 
sophisticalted, life-critical his or her work is-- the inequality is not 
based on an egalitarian dismissal of "level of effort" --but that the equal 
distribution does not account for the individual needs of each member of 
society, that some have greater needs than others  for the means of 
subsistence and the means of development.  Consequently, this formal 
equality is in fact unequal, and for equality to be realized,  distribution, 
"reward" must be based on need and formal equality must be superceded.

Marx nowhere speaks of socialism rewarding individual workers demonstrating 
higher "levels of effort" with greater access to wealth.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit at sfu.ca>
>
> Is this a trick question? You can find the work in question in your own 
> library or on-line.
> michael