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Anarchist and libertarian

Anarchism has had a strained relationship with Marxism. Anarchists and many non-Marxist libertarian socialists reject the need for a transitory state phase, claiming that socialism can only be established through decentralised, non-coercive organisation. Anarchist Mikhail Bakunin criticised Marx for his authoritarian bent. The phrases "barracks socialism" or " barracks communism " became shorthand for this critique, evoking the image of citizens' lives being as regimented as the lives of conscripts in barracks.