Editing Anarchist communism (section)

=== Free association of communes as opposed to the nation-state ===
	
Anarcho-communism calls for a [[Libertarian socialist decentralization|decentralized]] [[Confederalism|confederal]] form in relationships of mutual aid and [[Free association (communism and anarchism)|free association]] between communes as an alternative to the [[centralism]] of the [[nation-state]]. Peter Kropotkin thus suggested:
	
{{blockquote|Representative government has accomplished its historical mission; it has given a mortal blow to court-rule; and by its debates it has awakened public interest in public questions. But to see in it the government of the future socialist society is to commit a gross error. Each economic phase of life implies its own political phase; and it is impossible to touch the very basis of the present economic life—private property—without a corresponding change in the very basis of the political organization. Life already shows in which direction the change will be made. Not in increasing the powers of the State, but in resorting to free organization and free federation in all those branches which are now considered as attributes of the State.|author=[[Peter Kropotkin]] |source=Anarchist Communism: Its Basis and Principles<ref>{{Cite wikisource |last=Kropotkin |first=Peter |title=Anarchist Communism: Its Basis and Principles |date=1920 |publisher=Freedom Press |location=London}}</ref>}}