What Are Your Political Views?

[VGPolyglot]

numberwang said:

VGPolyglot said:

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?

Anarchy doesn't mean no rules, it means no hierarchy or unjustified authority, with relations being handled in a horizontal, bottom-top manner. Socialism also does not require state power over individuals. There are no example of an anarcho-communist state, because it is by definition stateless. However, there were anarchist movements in Spain and Ukraine before they were overrun by Franco's army and the Soviet Union, respectively.