Tao begot one.
  One begot two.
  Two begot three.
  And three begot the Ten Thousand Things.

Poking holes at ways it can fail is analytic thinking. First you must accept the premise, and work to design ways it could work, will work, is working. Take a thing far before cutting it down.

It's possible this project creates the culture that satisfies your existability concerns. It's possible that culture might grow and spread.