(January 26, 2014 at 1:22 am)Gish Wrote: Actually, there have been successful anarcho-capitalist societies, the most famous of which being the Icelandic Commonwealth (930 to 1262). Another well-known example is Celtic Ireland (650-1650). Bill Orton wrote a concise summary of life in the Icelandic Commonwealth and Celtic Ireland, among others, which can be found here:Anarcho-communism has worked as well. Look at the anarchist communities during the Spanish civil war.
http://anarchei.me/post/19248460868/have...-societies
Finally, if you have a bit of time to kill, historian Jesse Byock wrote an entire book on the Icelandic Commonwealth called Viking Age Iceland.
Wikipedia Wrote:The Spanish example, in which high levels of mobilisation and swift improvements to production were implemented by anarchists, is often cited as an example of an anarchist-communist society which saw rapid improvements to both industrial and scientific output.