Question 9: How can we balance our personal needs with the most pressing needs of our community and the larger world?
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Are communities maintained by individuals to balance their most pressing needs or are individuals doomed to serve the communities needs? My observation of the situation is that abuses of power, abuses of process, lack of transparency as much as absurd violence a pleague on personal well being. It is also remarkable that most offenders, individuals abusing their power, distorting the legal processes and fogging the social issues are not aware of their behavior, hence not guilty. Shouldn’t we communicate better to improve this? If we do, what kind of actions can be proposed?