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Communism is defined as a stateless, classless, moneyless society.

Go ahead and explain how a stateless society requires the state to exist.

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Stateless communism is fundamentally incompatible with the real world outside of small, isolated villages. To anyone in a developed country, it is like discussing the prime directive.

The only type of communism relevant to a developed country is the sort enforced by a state, because unless you want to be an agrarian villager, your society needs to exist at a provincial and national scale. You can’t have any kind of society that large without a central state.

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The kind enforced by a state isn’t called communism. Communism is defined as stateless. It’s called socialism.

What you’re arguing is like saying “the only good tasting BLT has no tomato.” If it doesn’t have tomato, it’s not a BLT. It’s a different sandwich.

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