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> The question I have about communist-anarchism in practise [...] If you haven't already, look into Catalonia in the Spanish civil war. It's perhaps the closes
by NoThisIsMe 5y ago
> The question I have about communist-anarchism in practise [...]
If you haven't already, look into Catalonia in the Spanish civil war. It's perhaps the closest thing we've seen to libertarian socialism at scale. It's said to have worked pretty well until it was smothered between fascists states on one side and the USSR on the other.
There's also present-day Rojava, which AFAIK isn't as far along the path as Catalonia was, but still is really inspiring.
- incompatible 5y agoThe few modern Anarchist systems have tended to fail due to interference by outside forces. It's also easy to imagine the system failing from within if human nature causes too many people to act in non-anarchist ways (by trying to force dominance, or by use of market mechanisms such as bartering to jump queues for scare resources). However, I'm interested to know if the system would work if these tendencies could be avoided. Perhaps fewer goods and services would be produced, but perhaps this may be a good thing if compensated with equality and less time spent working. Perhaps the system would actually encourage some people to work more, although in a way that they find enjoyable, not necessarily the most efficient way.