"To each according to his contribution" is a principle of distribution considered to be one of the defining features of socialism. It refers to an arrangement whereby individual compensation is representative of one's contribution to the social product (total output of the economy) in terms of effort, labor and productivity. This is in contrast to the method of distribution and compensation in capitalism, an economic and political system in which property owners can receive income by virtue of ownership irrespective of their contribution to the social product.
The concept formed the basic definition of socialism for its pre-Marxist proponents, including Ricardian socialists, classical economists, collectivist anarchists and individualist anarchists, as well as for Marx, who contrasted it with "to each according to his need" as the corresponding principle of completed communism.
To each according to his contribution was a concept espoused by many members of the socialist and labor movement. The French socialist Saint-Simonists of the 1820s and 1830s used slogans such as," from each according to his ability, to each ability according to its work" or," From each according to his capacity, to each according to his works.” Other examples of this can be found from Ferdinand Lassalle's and Eugen Dühring's statements to Leon Trotsky's writings. Vladimir Lenin, inspired by Marx's writing on the subject in his Critique of the Gotha Programme, claimed the principle to be a fundamental element of socialism within Marxist theory.
Libertarian socialist thinkers, such as American anarchist Benjamin Tucker, defined socialism as a system whereby the laborer receives the full product of his labor through the elimination of exploitation and accrual of unearned income to a capitalist class.
The term means simply that each worker in a socialist society receives compensation and benefits according to the quantity and value of the labor that they contributed.
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The history of socialism has its origins in the Age of Enlightenment and the 1789 French Revolution along with the changes that it brought, although it has precedents in earlier movements and ideas. The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1847-48 just before the Revolutions of 1848 swept Europe, expressing what they termed scientific socialism. In the last third of the 19th century parties dedicated to Democratic socialism arose in Europe, drawing mainly from Marxism.
Le collectivisme libertaire est un courant de la pensée anarchiste, autour de l'économie. Il fut défendu par, entre autres penseurs, Mikhaïl Bakounine, James Guillaume, et Ricardo Mella. Ce principe affirme que le producteur doit recevoir le produit intégral de son travail. La propriété des moyens de production et de distribution, et les choix doivent être sociaux et administrés par les propres travailleurs réunis par affinités dans des associations, puis selon la volonté de ceux-ci confédérés ou non.
— existant également sous des variantes comme De chacun selon ses facultés, à chacun selon ses besoins ou De chacun selon ses capacités, à chacun selon ses besoins — est un adage résumant de manière générale les principes d'une société socialiste — ou communiste, au sens premier du terme. Apparu sous diverses formes, chez des auteurs comme Étienne Cabet ou Louis Blanc, il connaît une fortune particulière au temps du socialisme utopique, puis dans la pensée anarchiste ; il est ensuite repris et popularisé par la Critique du programme de Gotha de Karl Marx (écrit en 1875, publié en 1891).