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> Which is why Communism doesn't work. If what you get has no relationship to the work you do, there is no reason to do the work. It may surprise people to lea
by dane-pgp 6y ago
> Which is why Communism doesn't work. If what you get has no relationship to the work you do, there is no reason to do the work.
It may surprise people to learn that even the Soviets effectively acknowledged the validity of that second statement. According to the 1936 Constitution of the USSR:
"ARTICLE 118. Citizens of the U.S.S.R. have the right to work, that is, are guaranteed the right to employment and payment for their work in accordance With its quantity and quality."
https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/36cons04.html https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/36cons04....
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoThe problem, of course, being that they weren't using anything like market pricing to allocate the rewards, so in practice they went to people based on corruption and politics.