How each model solves the same problems
Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.
| Question | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How are decisions made? | Council of 92 elected on 26 March 1871; no president or mayor; nine commissions under an executive commission; a Committee of Public Safety was created later by a divided vote. | Grand Council of 50 chiefs chosen by clan mothers; questions pass between groups of nations, each seeking unanimity, with the Onondaga Firekeepers confirming or resolving disagreement. | Unknown | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | The National Guard Central Committee and the executive both claimed command. The Decree on Hostages (5 April) and summary executions by both sides escalated the conflict. | The Confederacy describes the Grand Council as resolving disputes among the nations and planning for the welfare of all the people. | Unknown | |
| How are public goods funded? | Rent-arrears remission, ban on night work in bakeries, return of small pawned tools, secular schooling, cooperative workshops and a cooperative restaurant giving free food to the poor.Cooperative ownership | Unknown | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | No documented AI role. | No documented AI role. | Unknown | |
| What are the main risks? | Besieged city facing a national army; divided authority; reprisals including hostage-taking; only two months to implement decrees.CLM-0125CLM-0126CLM-0949 | Operates alongside US and Canadian governments, which limits its practical jurisdiction; its rule of unanimity within and between blocs requires broad agreement.CLM-0117CLM-0118 | Unknown |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.