Worker Cooperatives Proposed By Some Marxists And Quran 43:32
Marxists are not of the idea of making and bringing everyone to a same level. That can never happen. Everyone will perform different work based on their abilities and interests , hence the phrase, “from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs”. I have also seen a misconception among people where they confuse hierarchy with class. Class is what I have defined above, whereas hierarchy is something that has always existed based on abilities and capabilities. Someone will be above an other even in higher communism. The key question is who controls and makes decision about the surplus value. Maybe the verse is talking about the given conditions of that particular age and phase of humanity in which it was revealed i.e the stage in the cycle of history at which it was revealed. And hence maybe it doesn’t negate the future impossibility of a classless society i.e a society in which those who produce surplus make direct decisions about what to do with it? Second question, given the fact about human history of which most is classless, should we continue to consider the verse as a critique of Marxism?