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gift economy may prevail
There is a voting structure and of course militia men
Federation politics assist unifcation
trading occurs on the commune level
Gift economy presupposes no currency
Why would it?
Bartering, Gift Economy, and Communal Living make it a non factor
No reason to give things value when the commune works together
Value is purely subjective
Trade necessitates on Marx's axiom "to each according to their need, from each according to their ability"
No, just what needs to be done or what one wants to do
They wouldn't recieve anything
They would work in a syndicate doing whatever they wanted to do, live in a home they have either built or occupied; communally or alone
No in a capitalist system you have to work for money, in an anarchist system you work for whatever you want
Without a state, you are ultimately responsible for yourself
But it is hopeful that you would want to help the community around you
Teaching would be ad hoc
Or live in communal housing or work with a group of people and form your own residential syndicate and build a place or find a commune with room
There are ways to not build the house yourself
It simply requires utilizing the community
Not really, getting to specific on the anarchist day-to-day can be tricky as I only can speak for my own perspective and not anarchists as a whole, but I enjoy the idea that a syndicate can be formed to build homes for the commune and the members of that syndicate volunteer, are rewarded with benefits by the commune (as decided by the commune via democratic vote), and are skilled and proficient.
Like I said though these specifics will always be debatable until full realization
There is much reason to believe they would act for the commune
Betterment of the commune and community can help him
If everything else is supplied by the commune, surely a man may act solely for the commune
As acting for the commune is acting for himself
Once the commune stops supplying him in totality, then the man can act more for himself
So imagine Bill is working as part of a one-man syndicate created by a democratic vote of the entire community of Anarchyville commune. Bill volunteered and works alone and is solely tasked with monitoring cyber security of the Anarchyville website. He does not generate anything for himself such as food, entertainment, art, materials, etc. He commits his labor solely for the commune and is thus fully rewarded by the commune. Bill has an overstocked fridge. If a vote is past that removes Bill form his post or for some other reason Bill no longer perform, he can do some other work. Producing food, entertainment, art, materials, etc. These things he can keep for himself and own some of his own production. He may lose out on an overstocked frdige, but still have a good one and will have units of his own production at his disposal for trade (i.e. Bill writes songs and is gifted food or other things; Bill produces clothing and can keep the clothes he makes as surplus). Basically, every worker is entitled to the fruits of their labor unless they are working for something for the commune as a whole. When they work for the commune as a whole they are reimbursed with extra things such as food.
As always, the exactness of this illustration is debatable upon submission of better alternative
I would state this is a problem of communication
If all parties are communicating and explaining how things should be done democratically Bill won't work extra hard
All parties will find a fair percentage of work and any addendums to the pay can be sorted out within the Syndicate
For instance, Bill, Tom, Dan, Kyle, and Freddy all work together and have made a schedule that reflects the work they can do and will do
If for instance, Tom becomes sick and needs time off but doesn't want to lose food he can talk to his syndicate mates and have everything worked out by communication
Communication is key
kk bb
Why would they demand more rewards when they can simply ask the rest of the syndicate? If Bill and Tom ask Dan and Kyle for more of their food, it would be up to Dan and Kyle. If no resolution can be reached, they can bring their dispute to a communal court and ask for advice from the commune. Advice does not need to be followed, but ignoring the commune's advice may weigh against a person should they ever be up against an expulsion vote. Ultimately, the situation is handled democratically a bit more problematic when there are four people but still.
Plus it should be stated that a lot of people should be encouraged to make thier own food
If the farmer makes it for the commune, the commune would distribute it
And they can trade their work for other people's food
There is no currency, currency is fiat, it has no inherent value
The Farmer's options are keeping the food for himself, giving it to the commune, gifting it to others.
There may be others I can't think of right now but still
At that point he isn't really working for the commune, if he doesn't want to work with the commune he doesn't have too.
If he just wants to make food he can do that form himself, if he wants to gift it he can, if he wants to donate it to the commune he can
He only has to work as much as he wants
This is why farming for yourself and making your own food is important
Urban farming and practical solutions to farmer dependency is a good step to take
The commune by the way is a city/town/village not a nation
The anarchist system of bakunin has a commune, regional commune, and national commune element
as well as the Internationale
Okay, but this can all be stopped by other people picking up the slack
In a community no one is working against one another and everyone is working for eachother
The farmer doesn't have to work extra hard because others will pick up the slack to begin with so he won't make 60% of the food
The work can be distributed
According to a voted upon resolution by a democratic vote of the whole local commune
That's fine if he wants to but why would he want too?
For trade?
Thats fine
but once it becomes controlling it has to be anaylzed, ctiqued, and if need be fixed
Thats true, and then they can participate in a gift economy
But it will really only be trading surpluses
They don't have to give anything to the commune
Its all voluntary
For support of the commune
Markets are fine, capitalism is not
But honestly it really isn't inevitable
And Markets themselves can be regulated or even abolished depending on a commune vote
Not really, they would just provide to the commune or keep for themselves
Collectivized job sites also kind of form their own commune
Why would who do what?
And other people who are a part of the commune would pick it up
and eliminating markets is just meaning the gift economy
though it would probably follow from the abolition of currency
Cause they don't want to starve?
Why do they get frustrated?
Then they don't have to work that hard
Then society will give it, but no hierarchy will be created to give power to them
Actually it expands the capacity for innovation by freeing people to fully explore their ideas risk free without fear of starvation for trying
But for farming if you don't want to work that hard then dont, tell the commune, a commune-mandated-syndicate will draft a new schedule, and the slack will be picked up elsewhere
I would posit that people who work harder, want to work harder because they take pride in their work and want to se it done to its highest potential. "I work hard and am the best because I enjoy what I do" vs "I work hard and am the best because I want more things". The latter thought makes sense in a system that rewards the behavior like capitalism, but the former is what works in an anarchist federation. Work is not a means to an end, it is an end. Work becomes something you enjoy doing, not something of a chore.
Farmers would be people who like farming, coders would be people who like coding, etc.
Volunteer-commune positions would be available for specific jobs.
The social revolution is coming
Capitalism is a dying pig
suhhhh
A Las Barricadas
Class is about exploitation
Im warning you now im pretty stoned
fuck with my red/black flag
A b o l i s h t h e s t a t e
Well fuck you too
States, capitalism, hierarchy are and have always been the enemy
Fuck your vanguard
Every one of our revolutions has been betrayed
by your tankie ass
The Free Territory in the Ukraine was snuffed out by trotsky
Its true man and you know it
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