We all belong to the human race.
That is our team.
Together, we have accomplished amazing things.
That is team work.
We have well advanced communication, transport, medical...the list could go on and on.
We even have our 'wrist radio'. ^_^
We are the Australian Branch of the team.
That is how I see it.
One thing I don't agree with is that we have free will about joining the team.
In practical terms, we don't.
Nobody asked us if we wanted to be born.
By the time we had a functioning brain, were were here.
And we can either join with others to get things done, or strike out on our own.
But that wouldn't get us far.
We need others to survive.
There is safety in numbers for a start.
So we are, of practical necessity, all part of a large team.
We are here, we are part of that team, and we can contribute or not.
When we don't contribute, we will almost certainly continue to draw on resources provided by others.
Be it accommodation, clothing, food, or whatever.
After a while, the others won't be so happy about someone who uses without contributing.
To make up for his laziness, they all need to work just that little bit harder.
The others might then become decidedly frosty towards such a person.
The reality is we just need to knuckle down, and get on with a productive life.
Most of us do.