And Marx wrote "from each according to his ability" before "to each according to his need". How did non-contributors fare in Marxists states? Well they were sent to forced labour camps where they worked or they starved.
I tend to consider the Soviet experiment a subset of the general Progressive one, which sheds no complimentary light on the latter -- but, for those who cleave to it, "no true Scotsman" seems spackle enough to cover the cracks.
