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> Communities can better organize and work towards becoming self sufficient and independent of governments. Grow food. Create new sources of water. Help the poor.

A well organized community that provides basic resources is essentially a government. You are basically suggesting to replace government with government.

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Governments today are isolated from the day to day struggle of their people. Their interests and values are not aligned with those they represent. Grassroots community movements do function similar to governments, but have the potential to be more transparent and less susceptible to corruption from special interests.

Ronald Reagan said it best:

"It has been said politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."