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What does it mean?
Societies need loyalty and duty to survive; without them they collapse.
In plain terms
Loyalty and duty are key for a society to last.
What can you take from it?
Value loyalty and duty to protect your society.

Where it applies

  • governance
  • community building

Putting it to work

  • honor commitments
  • serve community

Questions to consider

  • What binds a society?
  • Can duty be harmful?

Another view

Blind loyalty can harm society too.

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