Around here, we call "Forging of Cooperative Alliances" friendship and community.

It works pretty darn well. We tested out "Forging of Cooperative Alliances" during the Delaware river floods of 2004,2005 and 2006 and sure enough, the members of the "Cooperative Alliances" all got together to help out with the flooding, cooked meals at the firehouse and generally were there when needed.

In fact, I think "Forging of Cooperative Alliances" is a basic requirement of life.