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? | Neighbourhood assemblies gather ideas, volunteer budget delegates develop proposals with City agencies, and residents aged 11+ vote; winners enter the City budget. | 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 | The Prime Minister is formally responsible for Diella; the Constitutional Court states AI cannot change who exercises public power or bears accountability. | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Agency feasibility review and delegate committees settle eligibility; council members keep the decision to opt in and set the sum. | Balanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement. | Opposition challenged the decrees before the Constitutional Court, which dismissed the request on 8 October 2026; its full reasoning is pending. | |
| How are public goods funded? | Council members' discretionary capital funds pay for school, park, street-safety and library projects of at least $50,000.Participatory budgeting | Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study. | Aims to improve public-service access and reduce discretion in public procurement. | |
| How is AI used? | No AI role. | No AI role. | Chatbot and voice assistant on e-Albania; a procurement system tender was still being prepared in August 2026. | |
| What are the main risks? | Dependence on individual council members; capital-only scope; slow delivery by City agencies; small share of the budget. | Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake. | Unclear accountability for an AI 'minister'; no AI law yet; no published technical detail; AKSHI's leaders face a tender-rigging case.CLM-0359 |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.