One of the arguments against the focus on community resilience rather than big global fixes (to broad economic failure, etc.) is that it is too slow to implement. Instead it is argued that a plethora of bail-outs and technological Manhattan projects are the only solution to the seemingly intractable problems that confront us.
Fortunately, that type of legacy (archaic) thinking will likely be proven wrong. In contrast to the slow and simplistic ad hoc efforts from nation-states, resilient community efforts are spreading virally on a global scale. One of the catalysts for this has been the widespread availability of social software (which started with blogs and grew from there). The "Transition California" site, built on Ning, is a good example of how these tools are being used.
As the global crisis continues to intensify, we will see a corresponding increase in the rate of propagation of the resilient community model (all without reference to any governmental authority). Better, since the diverse movements toward community resilience are open source, the quality of the efforts will improve rapidly as innovation is shared. Despite these advantages, it's going to be a close race, the rate of decline is starting to get very steep.