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You bring up a good point – communism as traditionally-understood is a post-scarcity stateless socialism, while anarchism as traditionally-understood is, well, a stateless socialism guided by direct democracy and autonomous organization. It’s also worth noting that communists usually also argue that the state under socialism will naturally have a very different and less oppressive quality to it than the state under capitalism has (since it would maintain the status quo relations of a flat democratic economic base), and anarchists usually also argue that coordinating institutions ought to still exist, just in an ultra-democratic fashion where participation is absolutely voluntary. Essentially, communists view the state in a functionalist context, with it being a “neutral” apparatus that maintains the status quo and benefits those with power in society (the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie under capitalism, and the population at large under socialism), while anarchists view the state as an oppressive institution in and of itself, with its monopoly of violence and its tendency to produce a ruling class of bureaucrats and coordinators. I think the key point of difference is that people who label themselves “communist” (especially when Marxist) typically favor a transitionary period of socialism where the state still exists, being run more democratically by the working class, continuing to help build upon the productive forces, and suppressing reactionary elements that seek to reestablish the dictatorship of capital anarcho-communists/libertarian socialists/anarchists/etc typically favor abolishing capitalism and the state in one fell swoop, which they argue are codependent institutions that get in the way of direct democracy and rule by the people. is it just an attempt to distance the movement from the popular misconception of communism as an authoritarian statist's wet dream or are there legitimate differences?

can you briefly describe the difference between communism and anarchist communism? because every time i read a description of "anarcho-communism" im like. The-railroad-earth asked: you are the smartest person ever so.