Sustainability means the ability to continue to sustain or the talent to exist, long-term. It requires a balance of economic, social and ecological actions to preserve our culture as we know it. When a household, a business or a government becomes financially unsustainable, that results in insolvency or the inability to buy, losing status and eventually resulting in bankruptcy. When the deficit lies in social stability, communication breaks down, people lose faith in the leadership and (worst-case scenario) revolt occurs.