In my opinion, this is easily noticeable when you try to discuss any system, be it political or economical, that spans multiple countries and interests. People will just revert to whatever is closest to them, rather than being able to foresee a larger cascading result from some random event.

Perhaps this is more of a rant than a comment, apologies, I suppose it would be interesting to have an online space to discuss where things are headed on a logical level, without emotion and ideals and the ridiculous idea that humanity must persevere. Just thinking out what could happen in the next 5, 10 and 99 years.