How Are Personal Consumer Goods Distributed in Socialist Society?

The distribution of personal consumer goods is an important aspect of production relations. In socialist society, the basic principle for the distribution of personal consumer goods is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his labor". Wages under the socialist system are fundamentally different from wages under the capitalist system. In socialist society, the distribution of personal consumer goods requires, on the one hand, the implementation of the principle of distribution according to labor and the acceptance of disparities. The distribution of personal consumer goods in the rural people's commune under the collective ownership system also follows the principle of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his labor". Modern revisionists try to replace the socialist principle of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his labor" with "material incentives".