# self-sufficient (autarkic)

A collective self that narrows its boundary until nothing it needs comes from outside it, so no out-group can set its walls.

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [need](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-need.psychological), [nothing](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-nothing.absence), [come](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-come.arrive), [out-group](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-out-group.outside), [autonomy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-autonomy.self-governed), [dependence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dependence.condition), [narrow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-narrow.spatial), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial), [set](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-set.fix), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end)

**Through:** By making the boundary the edge of everything the group needs, dependence on outsiders is cut, and with it every wall they could set; the price is what the group can reach.

**Novel properties:**
- autonomy bought with a narrower reach
- no outside setter because no outside need

## Examples
- Juche, North Korea's official state ideology, makes self-reliance a stated aim of the state. *(politics)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-sufficient.autarkic*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-sufficient.autarkic.json*  
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