Most people think globalization is the future. But, is it truly the future? Like if point A is localization and point B is globalization. The walls between nations, economies and cultures is getting thinner and thinner. Creating good but also creating bad. Of course, the good is that it's much easier to communicate. Economy wise via trading and culture wise via human interaction. It's that inter-connectivity that's being created. Today, contrary to 100 years ago, one person can connect with a multiple array of things. We, as human beings, are a part of a bigger web. A true butterfly effect. Every time we cross the street, every time we go to bed earlier, every time we smile at a person in need of positivity, we create this ripple effect that's so big, we don't even see it ourselves. Every ripple hits more ripples. Creating a chain of changes that no one can see coming. But, with any inter-connection, if one points falls, all the points around them falls with them. If someone dies, that ripple effect creates a shock for a large number of individuals. But, it's the fact that humanity is so resilient to that shock, that the individual doesn't fall with that point. That resilience is because of one thing: adaptation. How you cope is how you adapt. How long you grieve is how much you are in shock. And, interestingly enough, we can adapt that concept to nations and economies. Most nations, at the moment are one point in the vast web. Within those nations, we have states and provinces, which are another sub-web filled with points. And, then there's towns, another sub-sub web filled with a multitude of connections. So, the inter-connection is really big. Though, it's those walls between the sub-webs and the bigger webs that guarantee that if one sub-sub point falls, the rest wont. Because, they adapts. The shock isn't so immense when you have those walls. But, what we're seeing today is the destruction of those walls. It could be good, it could be bad. One example would be the current situation in the Euro-Zone. Because of one country, one point. The ripple effects was so big that countries around Greece got effected. And the countries around them to. That ripple was dramatic because those walls were to thin. Some countries, like Poland, still operate with their own currency. And, they are seeing through a glass the effects without much shock on their economy. That's because they have a wall in terms of economy. Another issue would be one thing: Power. With absolute power comes absolute corruption. The more power you have, the more temptation you get to "join the dark side". And, that's just the facts of humanity. We can't go against that. But, because of the falls of those walls, less people are getting more power. At some point, those walls will fall. Creating a massive web of cultural and economical interconnectivity. But also creating a massive web of power connectivity. Which is tempting, to most. But, what localization is, to popular belief, is going backwards. But, is it truly going backwards? Or insuring that those walls stay strong. Back in the Renaissance, a wall between powers was erected to guarantee justice. But, now those walls between Legislative power, Jurisdictional power and Executive power is, in most cases, a façade. So, what are your thoughts? *Edit* The poll was removed to incite a discussion instead of a simple yes/no question.