What does it mean to be anti-communist?

I am anti-communist, but I do not consider myself strict anti-communist like "I am against communism because I am against anything that does not work."<br>I have made my own personal views on the matter. It should be noted that I am not against Marxists and Leninists **who are against the authoritarian forms of communism like Marxist-Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, Titoism, Castroism, Breshnevism, and Dengism.**<br><br>While these authoritarian forms of communism can be a very interesting idea, I think the ideals of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao are not what communism should be. Communism should not be strict and totalitarian. It should not have a figure head in which could corrupt the system and prevent democracy within the system. It should not be the system of the government. Communism should be the system of the community. It should be the system of the people. If we look at a communist system in which the people can make decisions freely we could consider this anarcho-communism.<br><br>To reiterate, I am anti-communist, but I am not anti-communist in the sense that I am against any views centered around communism. I am anti-communist in the sense that I reject the authoritarianism that can come out of it. Communism can work, but it only works in a society in which authoritarianism is rejected.