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There are effective Mutual Aid models in long-term existence, but tend to have some major factors in common:
1) Limited scope of responsibility: (emergency services assist other provinces only in large emergencies, Alcoholics Anonymous only deals with alcohol addiction, etc.)
2) No financial motive for a greedy person to attempt a takeover of the organization.
Legislative power fails both tests, and Anarchism breaks down into opposing factions under these circumstances.
The situation in Oaxaca demonstrates this as the APPO members were divided among different parties and others left to seek political offices.
A second problematic anarchist model I can present is actually an online video game called Eve Online. The basic model is a large region of space that was cut off from Earth with remnants of security in the center and no government control farther away from the center (various levels in between). Everything is player controlled including resources, technology, and the economy. The developers of the game add new content, but set no rules. This is about all I know, as I haven't played the game personally.
The result of this scenario is several paranoid warring imperial factions, many of which are large federations, constantly fighting and raising resources in order to improve their military strength. The penalty for travelling through any zone where a person not been welcomed will almost certainly get them killed on sight, no questions asked. A current map (also created by one of the players) shows the current state of the Eve universe.
Take the United States on a national level. I would predict at a minimum that the south, west, east, and midwest would form separate, hostile factions with people from these factions trying to gain control of any federal organizations.
Until humanity can unlearn their current models of government they will seek to emulate them through other models.
--Warren