Sure they help build community, but paradigms change. There might be a better way. If a 1/3 of middle class income wasn't stolen and wasted bombing the manufact

Sure they help build community, but paradigms change. There might be a better way. If a 1/3 of middle class income wasn't stolen and wasted bombing the manufactured enemy of the week or propping up corrupt banks, it's possible that even more would be spent on community. People like to give, but put under financial pressure, it's the first thing to stop. The real problem is this idea that it's ok to use violence to take someone elses property. It's a fundamental structural flaw, an asymmetry that undermines the rule of law by making it legal to steal if you have the right title.