Ecosystems and critical theories share the ideals of a person and society influencing each other as a dynamic. They also share beneficial change ideas for people who need social work intervention and powerful contexts. Ecosystems and critical behaviors can both reduce liability because negative behavior may place expectations on a family rather than an individual within ecosystems or, in the case of critical behavior, the behavior may be blamed solely to society as a scapegoat. Ecosystems and critical theories are now beginning to conflict and differentiate themselves from each other. As a critic, he is interested in the evolution of structures and perceptions, while ecosystems focus on relationships. Ecosystems do not look for cause or blame, unlike critics who can and do. Ecosystems have little internal conflict, unlike critical systems, because they attempt to balance social justice and social freedom; because someone's social justice can impact someone else's social freedom and vice versa. Ecosystems can be mechanical and rigid, while critical ecosystems are flexible and fluid. Ecosystems operate with the idea that everyone influences everyone else equally and power is distributed evenly, as opposed to the critical situation where power is unevenly distributed making others more influential and imposing over others . Ecosystems and critical theories can complement each other