Surely anarchist-communism would just lead to demand exceeding supply?
Its a common objection that free communism would lead to people wasting resources by taking more than they need. This is because “free communism . . . places the product reaped or manufactured at the disposal of all, leaving to each the liberty to consume them as he pleases in his own home.” [Peter Kropotkin, The Place of Anarchism in the Evolution of Socialist Thought, p. 7] Without wages, it is claimed, resources would be wasted. Indeed, some argue, what if an individual says they “need” a luxury house or a personal yacht? Simply put, workers may not “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] So communist-anarchists are not blind to the fact that free access to p
