If that is the definition of Communism then whoever wrote it is living in an ivory tower where theory is totally different to reality. There is not one country in the world which has claimed/is claiming to be communist where the "state" has disappeared. In every example of a country which has become Communist the "state" has rapidly come to dominate/control the people. Whatever you can say about leftwing anarchism its objective is to destroy the "state". The objective of Communist has always been to destroy its opponents and left wing anarchists are regarded as one of the opponents which have to be crushed absolutely.
I suppose those who define Communism as aiming to establish a "stateless" organisation will argue that no "state" which claims to be communist ever was and ,therefore, the definition remains theoretically correct so Marx/Engels neednt start start turning over in their graves but frankly to argue this ignores history.
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