The "state" may be required.

[u/OkManufacturer8561]

Communism is a stateless, classless, moneyless, society, a utopia one may add. Unfortunately, I believe we may need the "state". Now, it ultimately depends on how one defines the "state", however if one of the key factors of the state is a military, police, armed forces, ect. I am here to state that we may require said forces to defend ourselves and expand our civilization against other species. This is unironic.

[u/blue_eyes_whitedrago]

A state always justifys itself, it is never just. The state can be a stepping stone in revolution, but it will continue to try and justify its existence even after its usefulness fades.  States create other kinds of oppression that arent class oppression, i support a dictatorship of the proletariat as the sole state that should be aspired to for revolution. Vanguard parties are paternalistic and small, despite success in russia, i find them oppressive. I dont really think anarchists and leninists really have that much divide though. I think if people looked they would see their ideas lining up. Simply put, the state is never "required" its just utilized. Nothing is "required" except unity and liberation.