INTERDEPENDENCE to me means:
1) I am able to take care of my own needs for the most part and I am responsible for myself and to others on a daily basis.
2) There are things I can't do alone. (EX: build an interstate highway.)
3) In communities everyone has different skills.
4) My skills can help others and theirs can help me.
5) The ability to ask for help and help others when needed is a sign of a balanced mind/ego.
6) A good government facilitates this process.
a) At the local level by:
i) Planning and zoning to make it easier to find resources
ii) Bringing people together to exchange skills and goods
iii) Making laws that keep things balanced and fair
b) At the state or regional level by:
i) Having a process to reach out if more resources needed.
ii) Facilitating large scale projects
iii) Making laws that regulate balance and fairness on a larger scale.
c) At the national level by:
i) Facilitating resource exchange at the global level.
ii) By full collective power creating a positive national community.
iii) Using the full collective to create fair national legislation/regulation.
7) A responsible individual in a Democracy holds their leaders accountable to facilitating the process of Interdependence.
a) At the local level by:
i) Obeying local laws and ordinances.
ii) Buying local when possible.
iii) Electing local leaders and work to change the laws when necessary.
b) At the state or regional level by:
i) Obeying state laws.
ii) Bringing ones skills to state/regional projects if so talented.
iii) Electing state leaders to be one's voice at the state/regional level.
c) At the national level by:
i) Obeying federal laws.
ii) Taking action as a good global citizen when the need arises.
iii) Holding congress critters responsible to create fair national laws.
iv) Electing new national leaders periodically as needed.
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