Context: a broken step is someone or something within your community which only the locals know to avoid.
Suppose we have a confederation, and someone within the confederation is accused of being dangerous to others in some way. If we kick them out then what stops them from going somewhere else and repeating the pattern? Or coming back for revenge? Or, Stirner Forbid, they’re innocent? And even if they are dangerous, is that any reason to turn them away? We make considerations when it comes to wolves and cacti but draw the line at cousins? But they could hurt the community… you see my dilemma.
Edit: this is not a hypothetical, but I don’t want to get into details. We’re not going to beat anyone up because we can’t confirm anything actually happened.
Not a hypothetical. Actual thing I’m currently dealing with.
Your first two sentences started with the word ‘Suppose’. If this is a real situation then I would need to know what is really happening. I dont really think what you have could really be called a confederation either, it’s an org at best and friend group at worst. A anarchist confederation is bigger structurally than something happening in your own life or it would make the news. So if its something youre currently dealing with, you can kinda just cut them off, maybe for an agreed upon period of time since you arent referring to a hypothetical anarchist society but a real life org and whoever gers the boot isn’t gonna lose access to food or shelter over it.