Yeah, okay, the idea behind anarchism is great. Wonderful. Impossible to move into from here. How about instead of daydreaming about an ideal system, we work more on improving the system we have. A complete overhaul of our, or any established power, would likely cause a major collapse of society (even a loose society like your ideal one). Even over generations, it works better if we have ideas in mind for changing this system, in the hopes that maybe someday it will be changed enough that an overhaul isn't impossible--and in hopes that we'll have worked out bugs in this and any "ideal" system over the time that we're making small changes.
I agree completely that we must have ideas as to how we would like to change the way society is organized. I agree that we must work to improve the world we live in. We are not talking simply about a political revolution we are talking about a complete social revolution, and for that we can only lay the groundwork. By designing better ways to organize society and being prepared to put that theory into effect lays that groundwork. Social revolutions are organic and can not be planned or architects. You just never know when or what the spark will be that will start it. The Paris Commune of the 60's, or the CNT in Catalonia during the Spanish Revolution. If you want to learn about a close approximation of an Anarchist society look at the CNT. Of course, the Fascists and the Republicans destroyed it before resuming their war. But there is alot of things you can do now that work well. Things like community gardens, which get people out of their houses and away from the t.v. People build stronger ties to their neighbors and the community through activities like that.
There needs to be someone with some amount of impartiality who can make a decision when others are at an impasse.
A group is more than welcome to set up along the lines of having a team leader, if they are trying to achieve a common goal. Some form of authority is needed, but it must be justified. No matter the justification, but that it is justified in the mind of the one that falls under that authority. Of course, the person has the right to terminate that authority at any time. When a mother stops their child from running into the street. That is a form of authority, but it is justified. If I want a house designed I will defer authority to an architect. Obviously, I would or could have imput as to what I want, but what I want may not be possible. And I could terminate that relationship at my discretion.
And while I would agree with the morality issue, to a point. Every thing we do or don't, is always a choice. Good or bad, that individual made a choice to commit a crime or do a good deed, inspite or because of the consequences. All to often there is more attention/pity attributed to the victimizer rather than the victim. How many remember the names of those murdered by serial killers?
The reason the serial killer's name is remembered is because violence is almost worshiped. It is big news. What is the first thing you see on your local news? It is always some violent crime. They glorify it to some extent. Serial Killer's have become celebrities, they have freaking trading cards. So, because that person made a bad choice we are going to lock him up, in which he is treated like a sub-human and will continue to alienate\harden the person to where he can be potentially more of a threat. Instead of perhaps taking the opportunity to teach the person the effects of those choices. Making the person have to sit down and listen to what the victim went through. Make the person have to associate a person, someones mother, or father, son or daughter. Make some common ground, create understanding between the victim and the victimizer. I know it sounds all hugs and kisses but it works. The victims of the crime get just as much out of it as the victimizer most of the time. They get a better sense of closure in most cases. Lets work on true justice, lets look toward rehabilitation. Don't just throw them away. The recidivism rate from people that go through restorative justice programs are amazingly better than just sending someone to a small cell for a length of time. Fyodor Dostoevsky once said, "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."
The moral compass is something that is a learned behavior, in my opinion. You do not see a lot of college grads carjacking people, or robbing a 7/11. The thing a college degree shows is a level of intelligence, the height of that intelligence is debatable. Of course, it could also show that they are better at standardized tests. The causes of crime are not that hard to identify. Little or no parental guidance while growing up, lack of positive role-models, poverty, and poor education. It is unbelievable, and atrocious that something close to 50% of the students that enter the Kansas City School district do not graduate, and of those graduates some can not even read. That is not only an indictment of the edcational system in this city but of the lack of support and importance placed on education in the home. When i say lack of support, I don't just mean welfare moms, but single parent mom's who have to work two jobs to provide the necessities and therefore not around to provide the guidance needed. I have been catching slack for saying that society is all to blame, which was not the message i was trying to send, but simply placing the blame on the person is putting your head in the sand to the problems of this society.