Mirjt wrote:We had a functioning anarcho-communist society, Catalonia (from 1936-1939) until they were attacked by Spain, Catholic backed forces, fascist groups, and the Soviet Union (who were mad that their communist society chose not to have a state that would ally with the Soviet Union).
Again, functioning is a loose term here. I might assume you've read Homage to Catalonia, as many anarchs-communists have, if you haven't, I recommend it (politics aside, it's a fascinating Orwell novel).
But if you have read it, you might remember that it wasn't perfect and that internal divisions amongst the leftists also played a significant factor in tearing apart the fabric of the anarcho-communist*** society (it was really a collection of trade and labour unions picking up the slack of a central government). And within that society, too, there were shortages, there were significant issues that weren't just caused by the malignant Francoists or malignant Soviets. It was because the model was built on thin ice.