The Common Good

It happens ever so often. Someone
comes along and bemoans that we
need to come together. We are drifting,
rootless, with no common purpose.

But most of us remember. There have
been so many such calls. The fact
is that we are different, and the same.
The common is important, but thin.

The common is what we all use and
all need. We all use natural resources
so we have use rights. We all need to
work with others, so we have coops.

There are certain decisions that must
be made that affect particular groups,
so we practice various democracies.
Otherwise, we are all just free.