Private property comes from you first owning yourself and actions. I don't see how personal accumulation of property is a non anarchist belief. It's your right to either keep your property to yourself or share it with the collective. Either way it's your choice. Communism without choice to be a capitalist is saying you do not own yourself and that you must conform to a system you don't agree with
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Exactly. As long as all exchanges or interactions are voluntary and consensual, and no one is holding a gun to your head to make you conform, it is anarchy. If we repudiate the use of violence to coerce people into submission, that is anarchy.
Hell, I don't care if people want to go out and start their own communes and live in a worker's utopia for the rest of their lives. Just leave me out of it.
Right, I think a big issue with the communist movement is they are unwilling to accept capitalism in our form and believe even if by choice you wish to engage in capitalism you are not an anarchist. Both systems need to be able to exist for real freedom and each individual choose
Absolutely. The beautiful part about a truly anarchist society is that people are free to engage with each other however they want to. If you want to make a sweet commune with a bunch of like-minded folks, go for it! If you don't, that's cool too! The difference between capitalism and communism is that the former allows for the later, whereas it's not the same the other way around like you said.
Absolutely! Any form of anarchy that disallows certain interactions isn't anarchy at all.
I think that a truly sustainable, peaceful society will have to be fluid in its mechanisms for distributing goods and services. In times of hardship, communal efforts will be required for the optimal function of the society. In times of plenty, more laissez-faire attitudes will optimize the allocation of resources.
Adaptability is the key to survival.