I guess similarly, how do you actually deal with the "Individual people are not actually naturally equal in their capacities", problem?
Are these even questions that people who are Anarchists care about, or what?
I'm genuinely not trying to start a "thing" here, these are just questions that I feel like I've honestly just never got substantive answers on regarding Left-Anarchist political philosophy.
IMO the first widespread anarchist society will only be able to succeed when the people within that society have been raised under socialist conditions. If you tried doing anarchism in America today it's going to break down into violently competing cults, because that's how we've been conditioned.
The Fellowship for Intentional Community has several people who have done a deep analysis of their communizing work, and one of their conclusions is something along the lines of this: that people who are really ideologically and personally committed are able to fit into anarchistic modes within just a few months, but for most people it would take many, many years.
Makes sense to me. With some dedicated comrades and some land we could have functioning anarchy in a week, but my main concern is the world system and the billions who are unable to just "drop out" like that. Almost as if some kind of transition is needed
Oh, certainly.
Year 1-3: Turn on
Year 2-4: Tune in
Year 3-5: Drop out