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? | Village assemblies or headmen set opening days, quotas, tools and labour duties; rights belong to member households. | 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. | Unknown | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Rotating village guards patrol and fine violators, with sanctions graduated by severity; land disputes with the state go to the courts. | The Confederacy describes the Grand Council as resolving disputes among the nations and planning for the welfare of all the people. | Unknown | |
| How are public goods funded? | Firewood, fodder, thatch, fertiliser litter and later collectively managed timber plantations, maintained by compulsory communal labour. | Unknown | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | None. Rules and enforcement are entirely human and customary. | No documented AI role. | Unknown | |
| What are the main risks? | Loss of economic value, cheap timber imports, depopulation, exclusionary membership rules and state pressure to individualise rights. | 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 | Unknown |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.