Mutual Dependence

The basis for community is Mutual Dependence.  When an outside force, such as, say...the Federal Government intends to help people on the bottom of society, one of the consequences is the destruction of community through the destruction of that mutual dependence.  The outcome of that is an exclusive dependence, a one-way dependence, from one desperate person on the tit of the government.  The rest of the individuals in that society derive nothing from the one in need.  In the end this benefits no one.  The individual in need is deprived of dignity, self respect, and competency.  The rest of society is bilked into providing for someone for whom they have no corresponding dependence. They are simultaneously deprived of the opportunity to fulfill a moral duty to provide for those friends, neighbors and family in need--a role which is usurped by the government.  The unchanging reality is that community is destroyed with the annihilation of mutual dependence.