The greater the density, the more apparent it is that a strong social contract and government are necessities. No one is bothered when a farmer shouts into the wind about his liberties, but a city-dweller seeks ordinances to control the time, place and volume of shouting.
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I was trying to paint a broad brush of ebraced myth of self reliance as an end in itself within 180 chars. Not what people actually do but their utopian dreams, self perception or whatever. I'd think my aim was apparent, but guess not.
I don't think you were misunderstood. The dream of self-reliance is powerful even though we must still accept that we are essentially social beings rather unsuited to isolation. Nonetheless, many of us seek to be as "self-reliant as we can be" -- given local constraints.
