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? | On paper: a Council of the Best elected by universal suffrage and a Council of Provisioners chosen by corporations; in practice D'Annunzio ruled as Comandante. | A stratified random sample of 523 voters deliberated in moderated groups and plenaries and answered questionnaires before and after; no decisions were taken.Sortition / citizens' assembly | Unknown | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Labour judges, in colleges named by the corporations, were to hear disputes between workers or employees and employers. | Balanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement. | Unknown | |
| How are public goods funded? | State-subsidised choirs and orchestras in every commune and a planned rotunda for at least 10,000 listeners in Fiume. | Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study. | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | No documented AI role. | No AI role. | Unknown | |
| What are the main risks? | Personal charismatic rule; the Carta let the Arengo give a Comandante supreme powers in an emergency; nationalist irredentism; dependence on armed legionaries.CLM-0180CLM-0962 | Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake. | Unknown |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.