How does innovation occur under socialism I'm certainly no expert on socialism, and I probably have an incorrect understand of it, but from my understanding of the mantra, "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need(contribution?)", production is based on the needs of the people. So give transportation for example, everyone that's in need of a car would have one provided, or something to that effect. However that works can be debatable, but the main question is, without competition (which I assume is rooted in capitalism), how would we be able to have self driving cars for example? There will never be a "need" for certain convenience innovations, since we get along just fine without it, so the prime motivation for their production is to get an edge over a competitor. So without capitalism, how would we continue to have technological advancements?