Perhaps my understanding of the political spectrum is outdated but can you be an anarchist and celebrate communism? I didn’t think so. Anarchists are far right and communists are far left.
http://www.isreview.org/issues/72/feat-anarchism.shtml
Actually, yes outdated. Perhaps this very long read might help as viewed from the socialists themselves.
Technically speaking you are correct. Anarchists are the extreme "small government" right, in which each individual is government unto themselves, and communists are extreme left with regards to strong central government.
However, while a true anarchist would never celebrate communism, communists have historically celebrated and encouraged anarchists. Anarchy is an extremely unstable state, and typically results in a call for a dictator or oligarchy to restore order. Anarchists are Lenin's "useful idiots" who help set the stage for a government crackdown and implementation of draconian enforcement. What the anarchists generally fail to realize is they are usually among the first to get their heads split, or to be lined up against a wall.
The term "anarchist" is a false label. The far-left anarchist doesn't want an absence of government. He wants an absence of private property protection.
He wants to be able to loot and occupy the private property of others, while still enjoying the protection of the State against any attempt by property owners to protect their property against HIM. The Occupy crowd wants the police and the State, they just want both to exclusively protect THEM.
They are the most radical of radical communists, who want unlimited mob rule.
The phrase "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is primarily attractive to those whose productive "ability" is much less than their "need".
My personal direct observation is that all of the grubby retards who call themselves "anarchists" in America today are in fact garden-variety collectivists who are just using the "A-word" as gorilla dust.
There are people on the Right who are in favor of minimal government ("minarchist"), believing that the ideal form of government is one which creates a safe environment for people to live, work, and raise a family, and otherwise stays out of people's lives.
In this model, government would be restricted to protection from internal violence (police and criminal courts), protection of external violence(military), and resolution of contractual disputes (civil courts). It would NOT include Nanny State things like welfare, EEOC, etc.
What caused you to arrive at that conclusion?
What caused you to arrive at that conclusion?