 Collectives encouraged autarky and self-sufficiency, refusing to share with other collectives.CNT officials lamented the "egotism" of the collectives, finding that the collectives were resistant to control (driven by fears that CNT officials would exploit them, which Seidman argues was not always an unreasonable fear).Due to wartime inflation and economic problems, the Republican government struggled to incentivise the collectives to follow their policies.