[Marxism] work - ability - needs

[S. Artesian]

I would not agree about Cuba.  Stage theory has been obsolete since 1905, at 
least.  The dynamics are simply that Cuba is, unfortunately, taking steps 
backward.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Picón Álvarez" <david at miradoiro.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] work - ability - needs


> From: "Sky Keyes-Vogt" <skeyesvogt at gmail.com>
>>I had always heard it as "... according to their needs," this was the 
>>first
>> time I ever heard/read someone say "..according to their work."
>
> It was, I think, a slogan deviced by Lenin. But it has firm standing in 
> such
> works as Capital, COTGP, or such. For instance take this from COTGP:
>
> "What he has given to it is his individual quantum of labor. For example,
> the social working day consists of the sum of the individual hours of 
> work;
> the
> individual labor time of the individual producer is the part of the social
> working day contributed by him, his share in it. He receives a certificate
> from
> society that he has furnished such-and-such an amount of labor (after
> deducting his labor for the common funds); and with this certificate, he
> draws from
> the social stock of means of consumption as much as the same amount of 
> labor
> cost. The same amount of labor which he has given to society in one form,
> he receives back in another."
>
> This is quite clearly an endorsement of "to each according to his
> contribution/work".
>
> Note that this is intended for the socialist phase, that is, the period
> before the economic and industrial base has so developed as to permit
> communism as a pure thing. I think we all would agree Cuba is in this
> earlier stage of development.
>
> --David.
>
>
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