"anarcho" communism is an oxymoron

[Libertarian nationalist]

Merranium-Webster defines communism as:

a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production

Anarchy is the complete lack of government. How can government be abolished under communism if communism is when the state controls the economy?

Usually less government regulation would lead to a CAPITALIST, FREE MARIET SYSTEM, NOT A REGULATED COMMUNIST ONE.

These "anarcho" communists don't understand how anarchy work. Who are you to tell people they can't voluntarily live under a wage system? What right does "the community" have to dictate what people should do?

I just can't wrap my head around it.

[Herrebrugh]

Google is your friend (I hope).

[Socialist Nordia]

Anarchism emerged from the left wing, and had always been a left wing ideology until the relatively recent advent of anarcho-capitalism.

The entire original point of anarchism was to create a society without hierarchies, and if anything, the capitalist system of having people work for wages from others really violates this ideal.

Also, I'm not an anarchist, just pointing stuff out.

[Ashmoria]

interestingly enough the dictionary isn't the boss of anarchism or communism.

[Lautrec-]

At least it's not "Libertarian Nationalism"

[Petrokovia]

Merranium-Webster defines communism as:

a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production

Obviously, Merriam-Webster disagrees with Karl Marx's definition of Communism, because that's a Single-Party State Socialist system, not a Communist one.

Communism is a stateless society (i.e., no government), which is perfectly in line with anarchy. In fact, it is a type anarchy.

[Bakery Hill]

oh shit he got out merriam webster

the game is up comrades

[Elepis]

the definition is wrong, communists generally believe that the State is meaningless and will soon dissolve. Thus any definition of communism that has the word "state" in it is well, wrong

[Marxistische Republik von Deutschland]

"anarcho" communism is an oxymoron" Said the person with an Anarcho-Capitalist Flag.

It seems like the source you got for the definition of Communism glossed over the entire ideology in less than 2 sentences. Obviously there is more depth to the entire ideology other than that.
Methinks you are using the dictionary to stroke your political ego rather than educating yourself on how politics work, which I find unfortunate.

I suggest reading up on the ideology you're criticizing before you actually criticize it.

[Libertarian nationalist]

the definition is wrong, communists generally believe that the State is meaningless and will soon dissolve. Thus any definition of communism that has the word "state" in it is well, wrong

Tell that to Comrade Stalin, who was responsible for 62 million deaths.

[Catochristoferson]

The source you are using (Merriam Webster) actually has multiple definitions under communism:

1
a : a theory advocating elimination of private property
b: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed

2
capitalized
a : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.

b : a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production

c: a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably

d : communist systems collectively

[Petrokovia]

the definition is wrong, communists generally believe that the State is meaningless and will soon dissolve. Thus any definition of communism that has the word "state" in it is well, wrong

Tell that to Comrade Stalin, who was responsible for 62 million deaths.

The USSR wasn't communist. It was a socialist nation run by communists. People who wanted to bring about communism over time.

The ideology basically breaks down into: In order to achieve communism, one must create a socialist state first, and push for the development of socialism in other nations (these socialist nations are 'transitional states'). Once society is ready, the process can begin to transform the socialist nations into one large communist society, without government.

Different terms exist for people who have different views of how these transitional states should be run, or if they should even exist at all, instead jumping strait into communism. Anarcho-Communism is one of many different terms, and describes a more libertarian/minarchist view of how to achieve a communist society, rather than the totalitarian views Stalin had.

[Libertarian nationalist]

The source you are using (Merriam Webster) actually has multiple definitions under communism:

1
a : a theory advocating elimination of private property
b: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed

2
capitalized
a : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.

b : a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production

c: a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably

d : communist systems collectively

Who are you to tell me I should be FORCED to share my resources with other people?. And who are you to tell me that we shouldn't have private property?

[Petrokovia]

The source you are using (Merriam Webster) actually has multiple definitions under communism:

1
a : a theory advocating elimination of private property
b: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed

2
capitalized
a : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.

b : a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production

c: a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably

d : communist systems collectively

Who are you to tell me I should be FORCED to share my resources with other people?. And who are you to tell me that we shouldn't have private property?

Actually, Anarcho-Communists recognize the need to respect personal property (just not private property). So if you're worried about the collective saying "oh, someone needs your car, so we'll just take that from you now," you wouldn't have to worry.

EDIT: Do note, I myself am an Anarcho-Communist.

[Marxistische Republik von Deutschland]

the definition is wrong, communists generally believe that the State is meaningless and will soon dissolve. Thus any definition of communism that has the word "state" in it is well, wrong

Tell that to Comrade Stalin, who was responsible for 62 million deaths.

That old go-to? Figured you woulda had some kind of argument other than buzzwords, but here goes.

Stalin is arguably not a communist. I don't like to think so. His ideals are more on the level of disrupting communism, if anything. He took the Leninist system, a thriving communist society that of which was fair and mighty - and absolutely destroyed it, turning Russia back into an authoritarian super-state like the one the working class had been fighting for so long before.

Not to mention how he was responsible for killing all of the Bolsheviks, the actual communists.
If you're trying to assert Stalin as a communist, then why would he purposefully silence and politically cleanse the USSR of the Original Bolsheviks, which are undoubtedly the first Communists to fully create a functioning Soviet Society?

[Marxistische Republik von Deutschland]

Who are you to tell me I should be FORCED to share my resources with other people?. And who are you to tell me that we shouldn't have private property?

There is a huge divide between private property and personal property.

The clothes on your back is not the same as the factory that produces them.
The means of production are the priority in basic communism - not your cat.

[Philjia]

There is no such thing as anarchism. Removal of the state would in no case end tyranny; rather it would exacerbate it, either by the power of the majority or by the power of the wealthy. Luckily, any society under anarchy wouldn't last long, as power would, as usual, centralise.

[Ayanka]

Both anarchists and communists want a moneyless, stateless, classless society. But communists (or at least marxist) think that a transitional stage is necessary to reach that society: this stage is what we call "socialism". That's what the USSR and the rest of the states of the Warsaw Pact were, and nowadays Cuba is (Don't confuse "socialism" with "social democracy": that last one is the system that some scandinavian countries have).

[Internationalist Bastard]

Well I don't think anarchism is even really possible, and I think communism needs some kind of organizational structure to work outside of a small group, so, yeah, I'd say so

[Ayanka]

There is no such thing as anarchism. Removal of the state would in no case end tyranny; rather it would exacerbate it, either by the power of the majority or by the power of the wealthy. Luckily, any society under anarchy wouldn't last long, as power would, as usual, centralise.

"Anarchism" and "the power of the wealthy" in the same sentence?
I see a problem here.

[Internationalist Bastard]

There is no such thing as anarchism. Removal of the state would in no case end tyranny; rather it would exacerbate it, either by the power of the majority or by the power of the wealthy. Luckily, any society under anarchy wouldn't last long, as power would, as usual, centralise.

"Anarchism" and "the power of the wealthy" in the same sentence?
I see a problem here.

Why? Things still have value without a government

[Malaguenia]

Communism does not work without a big government.

[Philjia]

There is no such thing as anarchism. Removal of the state would in no case end tyranny; rather it would exacerbate it, either by the power of the majority or by the power of the wealthy. Luckily, any society under anarchy wouldn't last long, as power would, as usual, centralise.

"Anarchism" and "the power of the wealthy" in the same sentence?
I see a problem here.

Anarcho capitalists have an equal claim to the anarcho prefix, since both ideals are equally unattainable and awful.

[Philjia]

Communism does not work without a big government.

Heck, communism doesn't work in practice with big government, although it can just about work on paper.

[Ayanka]

"Anarchism" and "the power of the wealthy" in the same sentence?
I see a problem here.

Why? Things still have value without a government

Because an anarchist society would be a moneyless society.