Care about the community.

In a single tale, we focus on a few characters. But over the course of a saga, which characters we play might change from tale to tale, allowing us to see the community as a whole as the true main character. In our world, we often think of the individual and the community as having opposing needs that we must balance, but people in the Fifth World would not understand this idea at all. They understand themselves as dividuals, defined by how they relate to others, rather than as individuals wholly separate from the rest of the world. The standard of personal autonomy in the Fifth World sits somewhere in the most radical dreams of modern anarchists, but they understand that they can only achieve this with the help of the community. Personal autonomy grows out of a healthy community like a tree grows out of good soil. The community exists to foster each and every person within it, and so each and every person does everything she can to help the community in turn. To enjoy the ongoing story of this community and its people, you’ll need to care about it. You’ll need to care about whether or not it prospers, and what happens to the people in it.

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