I'm trying to learn about anarchism and capitalism. Anarchism is very confusing to me because of different understandings of things like personal property vs. private property. But I think the biggest hang up I'm having is due to how I view capitalism. I personally believe capitalism has been around for a very long time, as long as people have been hiring laborers and selling products for profits, but anarchists seem to think it has only been around for a century or two, seemingly applying only the characteristics of finance capitalism to the general idea of capitalism as a whole.
Looks likes a lot has been deleted, and this probably will too, you should just read the wiki pages on the history of capitalism. In the 16 and 17th century the beginning of capitalism started, but generally it's better viewed as mercantilism. By the 18th century, the practices you'd consider truly capitalistic began to take hold. Maybe it helps to tl:dr it. The idea of capitalism has been around for a very long time, our modern interpretation was established in the 17/18th century, and it revolves around larger national economic decisions