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? | Residents propose capital projects; city services check feasibility and merge ideas; residents vote online and in person; winners are built by the city. | The Prime Minister is formally responsible for Diella; the Constitutional Court states AI cannot change who exercises public power or bears accountability. | Unknown | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Administrative review and committee merging of similar ideas; disputes over eligibility are settled by the city. | Opposition challenged the decrees before the Constitutional Court, which dismissed the request on 8 October 2026; its full reasoning is pending. | Unknown | |
| How are public goods funded? | A share of the municipal investment budget funds playgrounds, schools, greening, sport and cycle facilities, with an earmark for working-class neighbourhoods.Participatory budgeting | Aims to improve public-service access and reduce discretion in public procurement. | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | No AI role. | Chatbot and voice assistant on e-Albania; a procurement system tender was still being prepared in August 2026. | Unknown | |
| What are the main risks? | Low and socially skewed turnout; administrative agenda control; projects substituting for ordinary spending; narrowing of eligible categories. | Unclear accountability for an AI 'minister'; no AI law yet; no published technical detail; AKSHI's leaders face a tender-rigging case.CLM-0359 | Unknown |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.