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=== Motivation === Anarchist communists reject the belief that "wage labor is necessary because people are selfish by human nature." Most would point to examples of humans being willing to sacrifice time or resources for others and believe that systems of wage labor and state taxation serve more to restrict that instinct to help others rather than ensuring a society continues to function. Anarcho-communists generally do not agree with the belief in a pre-set "human nature", arguing that human culture and behavior are primarily determined by [[socialization]] and the [[mode of production]]. Many anarchist communists, like [[Peter Kropotkin]], also believe that the [[evolutionary anthropology|human evolutionary tendency]] is for [[evolution of morality|humans to cooperate for mutual benefit and survival]] instead of existing as lone competitors, a position that Kropotkin argued for at length.<ref name="Mutual Aid">{{Cite book |last=Kropotkin |first=Peter |title=[[Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution]] |date=1902 |publisher=McClure Philips & Co. |location=New York}}</ref> While anarchist communists such as [[Peter Kropotkin]] and [[Murray Bookchin]] believed that the members of such a society would voluntarily perform all necessary labor because they would recognize the benefits of communal enterprise and mutual aid,<ref name="Mutual Aid"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kropotkin |first=Peter |title=[[Conquest of Bread]] |date=1892 |publisher=Tresse et Stock |location= Paris}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kropotkin |first=Peter |title=[[Fields, Factories and Workshops]] |date=1902 |publisher= G.P. Putnam's sons |location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bookchin |first=Murray |title=Post Scarcity Anarchism |date=2004 |publisher= AK Press |isbn=1-904859-06-2}}</ref> other anarchist communists such as Nestor Makhno and Ricardo Flores Magón argue that all those able to work in an anarchist communist society should be obligated to do so, excepting groups like children, the elderly, the sick, or the infirm.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Dielo Trouda Editorial Group |title=Supplement to the Organizational Platform (Questions and Answers) |date=2 November 1926 |url=http://www.nestormakhno.info/english/supporg.htm |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210225043010/http://www.nestormakhno.info/english/supporg.htm |archive-date=25 February 2021 |via= The Nestor Makhno Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Puente |first=Isaac |author-link=Isaac Puente |year=1982 |orig-year=originally published 1932 |title=Libertarian Communism |url=https://libcom.org/article/libertarian-communism-isaac-puente |magazine=Anarchist Review |issue=6 |location=[[Orkney]] |publisher=[[Cienfuegos Press]] |via=libcom.org |access-date=20 January 2023 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120182615/https://libcom.org/article/libertarian-communism-isaac-puente |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last= Berneri |first=Camilo |chapter=The Problem of Work |page=74 |title=Why Work? : Arguments for the Leisure Society |editor-first= Vernon |editor-last= Richards |date=1983 |publisher= Freedom Press |isbn=0-900384-25-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|via=The Internet Archive |last= Flores Magón |first= Ricardo|chapter=Manifesto |orig-year=23 September 1911 |title=Dreams of Freedom: A Ricardo Flores Magón Reader |editor1-first= Charles|editor1-last=Bufe |editor2-first=Mitchell Cowen |editor2-last=Verter |pages=139, 141, 144 |date= 2005 |url= https://archive.org/details/dreamsoffreedomr0000flor/ |publisher=AK Press |isbn= 978-1-904859-24-6 }}</ref> Kropotkin did not think [[laziness]] or [[sabotage]] would be a significant problem in an authentically anarchist-communist society. However, he did agree that a freely associated anarchist commune could, and probably should, deliberately disassociate from those not fulfilling their communal agreement to do their share of work.<ref>{{cite wikisource |last=Kropotkin |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Kropotkin |title= Chapter 12: Objections |wslink=The Conquest of Bread/Chapter 12 |work=[[The Conquest of Bread]] |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |location= New York and London |date=1906}}</ref> [[Peter Gelderloos]], based on the [[Kibbutz]], argues that motivation in a moneyless society would be found in the satisfaction of work, concern for the community, competition for prestige, and praise from other community members.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Anarchy Works |last=Gelderloos |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Gelderloos |year=2010 |publisher=Ardent Press |isbn=978-1-62049-020-4}}</ref>
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