The most critical issue, as soon as you exit isolation and embark towards Right Relationship in Higher Order Functional Unity, is how to protect the Individual And Local from the Power Of The Republic.
Power is the rate of doing work, or the amount of energy transferred per unit of time.
As we advance towards Oneness, what we can do in a given period of time becomes dramatically higher.
The proper gathering and deploying of this power, "in service of" All, rather than "in power over" any, is the key.