With the advent of the knowledge economy, knowledge participation in distribution has become more and more common and is increasingly recognized by people. Knowledge is distributed as the result of mental work, and it is also a kind of distribution according to work. People know that the general fruits of labor (products or services) can only be used once (or in one life cycle) and can only be used by one person or a social group. Therefore, such fruits of labor can only participate in distribution according to work once. . Knowledge, as a special kind of labor product, theoretically has unlimited scope, time and frequency of use, unless it is replaced, eliminated or overthrown by newer knowledge. The so-called distribution, under the conditions of market economy, is the remuneration paid by the enjoyers of the fruits of labor to the owners of the fruits of labor. The more users, the more rewards are paid. Generally, the fruits of labor compete for their users based on their quantity. For example, a factory can build thousands of TV sets to compete for thousands of consumers. , each consumer pays a fee to the factory. Televisions are copied, and each time they are copied, the same labor is paid. Therefore, each television can only be paid once, and the company and employees involved in the production of televisions can only participate in distribution according to work based on the results of their labor. . Although knowledge, a special product of labor, also requires a certain carrier, and its carrier also needs to be copied, it itself does not need to be copied or require new labor. No matter how many consumers there are, as long as he buys knowledge products, he will be paid. In other words, knowledge that does not need to be copied can be distributed countless times; the results of one-time mental work can be paid countless times. Not only is this not a negation of distribution according to work, but it is precisely the logical development of distribution according to work. Patents, inventions, scientific and technological achievements, etc. are used as shares to participate in corporate dividends, which actually embodies the principle of distribution according to work. Affirming this is conducive to the development of knowledge economy.
Will emphasizing distribution according to the fruits of labor lead to polarization and disparity between the rich and the poor? People should not forget that Marx always emphasized in the "Critique of the Gotha Program" that distribution according to work actually still embodies the rights of the bourgeoisie. . Before the arrival of communism, distribution could only be carried out according to a certain objective scale, and this distribution could only be reasonable to a certain extent. China is in the primary stage of socialism, and its most fundamental task is to develop the economy. Distributing according to the results of labor is conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of all workers, and can better reflect the fairness of a society where the economy is not yet developed or is not yet fully developed. As for the income gap caused by this, the state needs to make necessary adjustments.
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