At times of immense crisis, top-down directives and decisions made by those in power and control may not necessarily be accepted by those individual citizens and that there would be pockets of resistance and disobedience. It is necessary to have everyone have a similar belief system that it is necessary to make decisions that lead to social sustainability, and every citizen understands this. This provides the basis of progress in a constructive way, not progress by force or coercion, but progress because of the willingness of individuals to understand the necessity of right decisions that contribute to the sustainability of all. Yes, the folkways and individual thoughts are necessary to participate adequately to achieve those ends. | At times of immense crisis, top-down directives and decisions made by those in power and control may not necessarily be accepted by those individual citizens and that there would be pockets of resistance and disobedience. It is necessary to have everyone have a similar belief system that it is necessary to make decisions that lead to social sustainability, and every citizen understands this. This provides the basis of progress in a constructive way, not progress by force or coercion, but progress because of the willingness of individuals to understand the necessity of right decisions that contribute to the sustainability of all. Yes, the folkways and individual thoughts are necessary to participate adequately to achieve those ends. |