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[–]Vulptex[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yes, I'm aware of the anarcho-communist theories. However, just as you described, it's simply unworkable in our world. It would require that most people have an inherently good nature, which even though we try to act like we do, we don't.

And I also think it's still an authoritarian regime even without a state. It would essentially be mob rule, absolute tyranny of the majority. And that kind of system would immediately become a state anyway.

Beyond that it's almost pointless trying to debate economic systems at the anarchist level, because there's no one to control it. We all think it would "naturally" become this or that, but in reality people would organize a number of different systems. And that's fine. This is why I and a lot of people changed the political compass to a triangle.

[–]weavilsatemyface 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

it's almost pointless trying to debate economic systems at the anarchist level, because there's no one to control it.

Economics occurs whenever you have people performing trade. You don't need somebody to control it. You don't even need money -- barter economies exist.

Economics is an emergent phenomenon. You might have heard of John Adam's "Invisible Hand"?

[–]Vulptex[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And there will not be one centralized system. Complete free trade is ancap. Communism requires a central authority to own the means of production and control how the economy works. Even if you have a body of "the people", that's just a direct democracy masquerading as anarchist. Complete free market doesn't mean people won't live communal lifestyles because they are free to do so, but that nation can't quite be defined as communist.

[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This is why I and a lot of people changed the political compass to a triangle.

Oh, how does that work?

[–]Vulptex[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's more about overall philosophy. Do you value order, equality, or liberty?

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So where has Commun(ism) been tried?