Message from @Brickiest Brick
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trading occurs on the commune level
But it’s an unregulated marketplace so wouldn’t that be a form of capitalism
Gift economy presupposes no currency
Wouldn’t a currency system begin to develop naturally as well
Why would it?
Bartering, Gift Economy, and Communal Living make it a non factor
To make trade easier and to give things value
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"
So 100% of the commune would do equal amounts of work
And the value of their work would be the same regardless of the job
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
So like a capitalist system
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
So instead if earning money to buy a house someone else already built and making it my own, instead I am forced to build the house myself
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
Yes but for the most part if I want my own property I have to create it all myself
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
Well of course
Creating an anarchist society would require everybody to act in a way that benefits the entire commune
However what if the act that the person is doing benefits the commune, but not himself
There is much reason to believe they would act for the commune
Would he continue to do it
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
What do you mean by that last part
Same
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
Ok so that makes sense