Thanks for the response. A more focused question might be: how can an anarchist society reasonably resist authoritarianism? And doesn’t the whole scheme rely on greed not being a fundamental component of humanity?

What if the workers disagree with each other? I’ve had the same question as OP for a long time with no answer.

If they spend 50k on a videogame, then they have 50k to spend by definition, whether or not it’s actually their money. If it’s not actually their money, then I have even less sympathy.

I’ll give another example. I have a lot of sympathy for opiate addicts. I have zero sympathy for opiate addicts who steal from their friends and family.

Nah, if you’re going to hide your bad choices behind clinical language, then you need therapy. If you’re not getting therapy and you have 50k to spend, then that’s a you problem.

Meh my sympathy only runs so far.

But at least the immigrants have all disappeared! Right?!

I think your comment has been the most helpful so far. I had no clue that Sweden had strict drug laws. Thanks for the reply!

I wonder why the headlines seem to focus on Sweden right now when the other countries of western Europe seem to have similar issues right now.

What is causing this rise in Sweden? I’m not really up to speed on Swedish news or politics.

I’d consider it a large project, especially when you factor in the maintenance for site changes. But I don’t know how difficult it would be for you. You can browse the source code of apps like jerboa or liftoff on GitHub and see if that looks manageable to you.