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? | Every member a vote 'in Affairs of Moment'; captains and quartermasters elected and deposable; articles sworn by all members.Recall election | A 28-member General Council (half elected by parish, half by national list) elects the head of government; the co-princes sanction laws with countersignature. | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Quartermaster discipline for small offences; juries for disputes over the articles; quarrels settled ashore by regulated duel. | A four-member Constitutional Tribunal appointed by the co-princes and the General Council; ordinary courts. | |
| How are public goods funded? | Common fund paying fixed compensation for injuries; fixed shares of plunder agreed in advance. | Health, education and infrastructure funded by indirect, corporate and personal taxes; parishes run local services. | |
| How is AI used? | None; an eighteenth-century practice. | No specific role for AI. | |
| What are the main risks? | Dependence on violent predation, brutal punishments, exclusion of some groups, forced recruitment, and state suppression.CLM-0395 | Clash between the episcopal co-prince and legislation such as abortion; exclusion of non-citizens; dependence on France, Spain and the EU. |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.