a luxury house or a personal yacht?
“need” to produce for that need. As Tom Brown puts it, “such things are the product of social labour. . . Under syndicalism. . .it is improbable that any greedy, selfish person would be able to kid a shipyard full of workers to build him a ship all for his own hoggish self. There would be steam luxury yachts, but they would be enjoyed in common” [Syndicalism, p. 51] Therefore, communist-anarchists are not blind to the fact that free access to products is based upon the actual work of real individuals — “society” provides nothing, individuals working together do. This is reflected in the classic statement of communism — “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.” Therefore, the needs of both consumer and producer are taken into account. This means that if no syndicate or individual desires to produce a specific order an order then this order can be classed as an “unreasonable” demand – “unreasonable” in this context meaning that no one freely agrees to pr
