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Well, the kind of poor we talk about here is the 'less money' kind of poor.
I see. Around here, we include happiness, friendship, education, security and health etc as important things you can be poor in as well.
Fair enough. But how about: not enough to eat?
You cannot expect the world to localize and still have enough to eat. That is a very unrealistic assumption.
So yes, I agree it is important to know your neighbor, but I would suggest it is slightly more important to eat.
As a token, be it incomplete, of proof: all present day localized societies are dirt poor.
At least, that's how we around here think about it.
That would be covered under "health" -LOL!
Yes, this the the key -energy/climate cataclysm. Present day energy conditions are not like they were 100 years ago and beyond and present day conditions are about to undergo accelerating change. It's a matter of what systems are most robust under these changing conditions. Fortunately for me, the more robust arrangement of reasonably scaled systems (locally scaled in terms of just about everything - food, goods, retail, education, governance etc) yields what I consider a better quality of life as well due to what I value.