"Communism: How was the phrase/concept ""from each according to their abilities; to each according to their needs"" used by communists over time?"
"""From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"" is a slogan that founders on the impossibility of objectively determining, calculating and trading-off the ""abilities"" and ""needs"" of each person. So how have those who have asserted this slogan responded to this difficulty?"