I just watched some more of the documentary (about the Spanish revolution) and so far I'm not convinced there is any non-coercive anarcho-communism or anarcho-socialism.
I'm at the 1h mark now BTW.
They mentioned in the documentary that one of the goals of libertarian communism where that everything belongs to everyone, and therefore should be distributed fairly.
They also mentioned that decisions where taken by a general assembly where the majority decided what should be done.
These were mostly rather small communities where everyone knew everyone. From an economical point of view, you could see each community as their own horizontally organized largely self-sufficient organization producing everything they need, sharing risk and reward. If you don't like it there, you can always join another, or become an individualist (maybe an artisan or single entrepreneur).
Another funny thing they mentioned was that money was abolished except some parts where local coins where created and used.
I guess that means that you are right with bitcoin being compatible with Socialism but on the other hand it's contradicted by the fact that you cannot redistribute it. (how would you prove that someone has massive wealth in bitcoin?)
Without a single monopolistic currency, which only a state can enforce (mainly through taxation), there may be many forms of money, local currencies, or just merely reputation systems in place, or no money at all. Each community would decide for their own what works best for them. I imagine Bitcoin would be used for internet / long distance trade.
They do mention that Individualists existed but "they had to correspond to produce" whatever that means.
I am positive they mean they where forced to give up there property/wealth for the better of the collective.
It was essentially barter. Though if many more people choose to be in collectives rather than being on their own, individualists may find themselves in a worse negotiation position. Maybe it would be different today with all available technology now, or maybe you would have to accept the fact that in a true voluntary society not all people would think the way you do, and would choose to cooperate with others rather than being on their own.
In regards to Mondragón I am for whatever works for the individuals that works there. If that 8:1 ratio works for them that's great! But what does that have to do with anything?
In anarcho-capitalism you can choose to setup a enterprise like that, there is nothing stopping you.
How about each company can organize their own internal structure in a way that suits them best? Why should there be one model for all? Do you think some outside force should dictate to companies how they should run their business? Tell them how many managers vs workers they should have?
In today's political systems, there are mostly no legal forms that would enable such an enterprise.
In an anarchistic sense, I would predict that all "companies" (or places of production) would have such a structure or similar. Why? The fact that most market-libertarians ignore is that every hierarchical (capitalistic) organization carries within it the seed for the state. As said upthread, historically, if workers felt exploited, they would go on strike, mutiny, and eventually take over the means of production. It was the state, guards, the police that eventually prevented that. That's why market-"libertarian" "heroes" like Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises were not anarchists, because they understood that. They essentially always proposed a
Night-watchman state, which is nothing new, it didn't work then, it probably won't work now, it always lead to inequality and existential struggle of the largest part of the population, and thus was what true anarchists were against.
Anarcho-"Capitalism" is impossible! Why? Because:
Under anarchism, mass accumulation and concentration of capital is impossible.
Without concentration of capital, wage slavery is impossible.
Without wage slavery, there’s nothing most people would recognize as “capitalism”.
So isn't it more sensible even with a rather ancap mindset to favor rather horizontal structures, as they would prevent many of the mentioned issues in the first place, which would save society a lot of unnecessary collateral cost for means of protection? (note there was no police in anarchist Spain, and today the Basque Country, where Mondragón is located as the largest employer by far, has one of the lowest crime rates in Europe.)
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