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? | Self-managed workers' and consumers' councils and their federations; annual iterative planning. | 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? | Planning rounds of proposals and revisions, facilitated by a board, until a feasible plan emerges. | 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? | Authors claim the planning procedure handles externalities and public goods equitably and efficiently. | Unknown | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | No documented AI role. | No documented AI role. | Unknown | |
| What are the main risks? | Time costs of repeated planning rounds; local-knowledge limits; influence concentrating in facilitators.CLM-0323 | 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.