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===Chapters 4–11: Anarchist Communist Society===
Throughout the middle of the book, Kropotkin sketches a picture of what he feels an anarchist communist society could look like. He points to the huge levels of production that modern industrial society achieved in terms of food production, clothing production, and housing production, and he uses this as evidence of the feasibility of an anarchist communist society. More than enough of the essentials are produced for all people, Kropotkin argues; if they were only distributed properly, nobody would have any unmet needs. Kropotkin further argues that with the level of production output being so high, people should not have to work more than five hours a day and they should be able to reduce that as much as possible, giving them free time for [[leisure]], socialization, and to work on innovations that would reduce their labor.<ref name="Kropotkin-2015" />

Near the end of this section, Kropotkin discusses [[luxury items]], recognizing that they are a necessity for a good life and affirming that luxury items would still be produced, even if production were taken under the purview of common need. Kropotkin claims that luxury items would be produced on a collective basis by those most interested in their production. He uses an example of a group of [[pianist]]s dedicating time to building luxury [[piano]]s with the help of a group of collective [[carpentry|carpenters]]. Kropotkin argues that this system of collective production could produce necessary luxury items—on top of the production of the necessities—for everybody to live a fulfilling life.<ref name="Kropotkin-2015" />