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There still has to be a point where there is a state and then a point where there is not. Are you advocating for seizing control of that state before it seizes to exist, or does your political program want to stay outside of the state until the state stops existing?
That really depends on the anarchist and what they believe about how capitalism comes to an end. But that's all theory anyway. Anarchists are usually considers materialists, so theory usually comes second to practice. Like, "If I can fill that pothole on my street right now, then why not just do it? For example.
Anarchists are not materialists for the most parts, and the ones that are are cribbing from Marxism
The VAST majority of anarchists are, in fact, cribbing from Marxism. Anarchists don't generally reject Marxian economic analysis.