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? | Designed and run by federal and Manitoba governments as a research programme; households applied and were paid by a field office. | 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. | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Administrative income verification; no participant role in governance. | The Confederacy describes the Grand Council as resolving disputes among the nations and planning for the welfare of all the people. | |
| How are public goods funded? | Federal–provincial funding of income guarantees with 35–75% benefit-reduction rates; produced a research dataset later made public. | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | No AI role. | No documented AI role. | |
| What are the main risks? | Political termination before analysis; dependence on the governments that launched it; confusion between negative income tax and universal basic income. | 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 |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.