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? | Participants submitted and voted on statements in Polis; researchers kept statements with cross-group agreement and converted them into training principles. | Communes and elected councils at neighbourhood, district, canton and inter-region levels; co-chairs and a 40% minimum quota for either sex (Rojava Information Center).Popular assembly | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Polis maps disagreement into opinion groups; statements lacking consensus across groups were excluded rather than adjudicated. | Commune reconciliation committees; regional Justice Councils administer tribunals and coordinate sentencing guidelines (Rojava Information Center). | |
| How are public goods funded? | A published public constitution, methodology and evaluation results reusable by other developers and researchers. | Regional offices and commissions for health, economy and natural resources; the administration controlled the area's oil extraction until integration (Crisis Group). | |
| How is AI used? | Constitutional AI: the model applies the written principles to critique its own outputs and generate training feedback. | No documented AI role. | |
| What are the main risks? | Organiser discretion in translation, unrepresentative or small samples, no ongoing accountability and voluntary uptake by the developer. | Turkish military action; reliance on external security partners; documented displacement abuses; contested terms of integration with Damascus.CLM-0279CLM-0280 |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.