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In order to determine that we need to take the textbook criteria for various economic systems, and look at whether North Korea meets any of those.

COMMUNISM
Marxist Definition - “communism is a stateless classless moneyless society.”

The state was defined by sociologist Max Webber as being “a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.”

Ancapology rests on the recognising negative rights (the right not to have something inflicted upon you, such as murder), but not positive rights (entitlements that place a burden on others, such as healthcare). That’s perfectly legit. Contrary to ancap misconception other ancoms don’t recognise universal positive rights either, but may choose to extend those within their own communities.

The statist implementation of private property presently depends on central control of cadastral maps and land registers, operating under state monopolies.

Clearly this wouldn't be an option in a stateless society, which isn't a problem for classical anarchism (communism, collectivism, mutualism, or individualism) since its goal is to abolish private property anyway.

The noun "collective” is shorthand for "worker collective” and specifically refers to a group of workers who run a cooperative business* together without hierarchy. Such entities may also be referred to as "anarchal coops” in order to distinguish them from hierarchal coops. Collectivism is when such entities form the backbone (although not necessarily the entirety) of a gift economy, within the wider anarchist economy.

[This is using the term "business” in the loosest possible sense, given anarchal coops are inherently non-profit making.]

Here's the list of things that most people in the West are more or less of impelled to have contracts for, just in order to lead a normal life. Haven't included anything that can easily be eschewed without inviting unnecessary risk, inconvenience, or hardship:

Banking
Debit/credit card
Electricity
Home contents insurance
Cell phone
Internet

I am subscribed to 9 such contractual arrangements, covering all 6 of those categories (multiple banking ones).

Here is a mathematical paper on the calculation problem. First though a little preamble on this. Calculation applies to both centralised and decentralised economies. In a decentralised economy the calculations are performed dynamically and inherently by the actions of the consumers themselves. In a centralised economy the calculations must be performed by central planners. Mises and Hayek hypothesised that the latter is impossible. Just to clarify that point, calculation was only thought to be unsolvable for a centrally planned economy.