Communities - a loaded word
Hello @thejaymo, and welcome to Egderyders.
There is a great discussion going on here about resilience here. It is quite long and branched out (about 50 comments), but one of the subthreads is about the communities vs. state dimension of resilience. Some people are pro community, but others (notably hexayurt in this comment) claim that only a state can achieve the large-scale spreading of resources to pay for capital-intensive health care (say, heart surgery) or for caring for people with disabilities. So, resilient communities or resilient states? You are welcome to contribute to that discussion.
Can I ask you a question? In this story there is an unexpected happy ending, in which you moved from vulnerability and precariat to what looks like a middle class job. How did you achieve this one? Is there anything others Edgeryders could learn from you in this respect?