This is possibly the best thing I have ever read by you. I often look at it like I am an autonomous participant on Hive with all the self-responsibility and self-reliance that entails. That said I think your perspective with also being a citizen is spot on.
Yes and what you mentioned are things that most people abhor and try to avoid.
Responsibility is not something people espouse these days. We seem to excel at the blame game.
But I agree with your assessment of the situation. We do have a responsiblity.