> Anarchism is the theory (doctrine) that 'all forms of
> government are oppressive and undesirable and should be
> abolished'.

No, that's not right. Anarchism is a broad category of political ideologies whose only similarity is opposition to the state. The state is not the only possible form of government.

As a social anarchist, I reject the idea that we need a state to force us to follow social rules, and I also reject the idea that we need capitalism to force us to cooperate. We humans are naturally adapted to cooperation; we don't need to be forced to do so.

> Yet, what you've said is effectively communist, and not
> anarchist. Incredibly different ideals.

There isn't much distinction between Karl Marx's definition of "communism" and social anarchy, or anarcho-communism. Keep in mind that Marx defined communism as a classless, stateless society. State socialism is completely different. There is some overlap between left authoritarianism and left libertarianism, however.

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