How each model solves the same problems
Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.
| Question | + Model | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| How are decisions made? | A divan of notables chose a governor (caïd) and kasbah commander, by most accounts annually; from 1630 a sixteen-member divan split equally between Hornacheros and Andalusians. | 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 | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Divan decisions, Islamic judges, negotiated power-sharing between communities, and frequent armed clashes. | Balanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement. | |
| How are public goods funded? | Fortifications, port and estuary defence; financed by shares of corsair prizes, customs and ransoms. | Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study. | |
| How is AI used? | None; an early-modern polity. | No AI role. | |
| What are the main risks? | Communal conflict between founding groups, dependence on raiding and slave trading, and absorption by a reunified Moroccan state.CLM-0393 | Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake. |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.