Stickman's twelve points of community

Here's another stickman cartoon. These are the 12 essential elements of society that allow individuals to survive and prosper.

I deduced these 12 points from mainly two places: the Federal Government and Peace Corps. First, I analyzed our Federal Government's non-military expenditures from the ever-intriguing "Death and Taxes" poster. This poster can be downloaded or purchased from wallstats.com. 67% of the Federal Government is spent on military. The other 33%, if you think about it, represents what our government is doing to build and sustain our communities. Department of Education, Health, Energy and so on.

Then, while developing the peacecorpsprojects.org site, I pulled the work sector information from each of the Peace Corps host countries from peacecorps.gov. I wrote them all down and simplified them as much as possible.

Comparing the two, I got the list down to twelve. I then sketched simple diagrams for each sector and decided to draw them around a person who looked happy... because if you have all of these elements functioning properly... you should be happy.

Imagine this diagram as a clock. Each sector is loosely prioritized - starting at 12 o'clock with water. Now, the order of these elements are largely subjective - each has to almost develop simultaneously. However, think of this as a start.

This is by all means a work in progress. If you have suggestions or don't agree with something, drop a comment and state your argument. I think establishing a universal foundation for what a community needs to survive and prosper should be first and foremost in... umm, trying to improve upon the system we have going for us now.