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VGPolyglot said:
numberwang said:

These seem to be opposite on the spectrum, how can they fit together?

They are not on the opposite end of the spectrum. Anarchism originated as a left-wing ideology, and most anarchists are socialists. Communism is an ideology that uses a socialist economic model, while having a classless, stateless society. I use the term anarcho-communist instead of jsut anarchist or communist is because later on the former label got taken over by anarcho-capitalists and the latter by Stalinists and Maoists.

I still wonder how that works together, anarchy has no rules (everbody does what is right in their own eyes) and socialism requires extensive state power over the individuals. I know academic anarchists who praise the free market instead (AnCaps) which seems a bit more coherent. Is there any real life example of an An-Co state?