I've been trying to figure it out myself. About 600 years ago, there was a lot more trade going on than 500 years ago. That sounds great, but this was the entire world, not one small, or even large area. It's unknown what happened, but nations closed their borders down and squabbled with their neighbors. Hawaii for example was doing trade with Fiji and others, and then just stopped. Tongans and Samoans knew about them, and at times a boat would arrive, but not the same amount.
For some reason, in the 1970's, tons of cultures that had previously closed down began to expand again. We can claim globalization or something, but it was often without any connection to each other.
What I think is happening is another great contraction. Someone in Reddit on fullKiA mentioned how money was losing its value and things like bit torrent was winning. I don't know about bit torrent, but based on all the actions, it's as if the power of the world was losing its money. The ability to do trade and enforce that trade is disappearing. We are fairly more observant now, but it appears us talking on the internet means a lot of that power is lost. We can do trade or sail the Caribbean without need of that power. What we can get is growing, which means all of that power and influence of being the middle man is being lost. Uber has taxis, but not the bureaucracy that makes sure the drivers and cars are ready.
This new trade destroys jobs, and also reasons for power.
If you had power, prestige, and all the money, how would you respond if it was slowly turning to dust in front of you? It's why online schooling sucks. The teachers made laws so it wouldn't work. Even when they have to do it, they make the rules impossible so we complain and want to go back to the old days. It's all tricks to regain that power.
We are watching global government control and global connections fight each other.
I've been trying to figure it out myself. About 600 years ago, there was a lot more trade going on than 500 years ago. That sounds great, but this was the entire world, not one small, or even large area. It's unknown what happened, but nations closed their borders down and squabbled with their neighbors. Hawaii for example was doing trade with Fiji and others, and then just stopped. Tongans and Samoans knew about them, and at times a boat would arrive, but not the same amount.
For some reason, in the 1970's, tons of cultures that had previously closed down began to expand again. We can claim globalization or something, but it was often without any connection to each other.
What I think is happening is another great contraction. Someone in Reddit on fullKiA mentioned how money was losing its value and things like bit torrent was winning. I don't know about bit torrent, but based on all the actions, it's as if the power of the world was losing its money. The ability to do trade and enforce that trade is disappearing. We are fairly more observant now, but it appears us talking on the internet means a lot of that power is lost. We can do trade or sail the Caribbean without need of that power. What we can get is growing, which means all of that power and influence of being the middle man is being lost. Uber has taxis, but not the bureaucracy that makes sure the drivers and cars are ready.
This new trade destroys jobs, and also reasons for power.
If you had power, prestige, and all the money, how would you respond if it was slowly turning to dust in front of you? It's why online schooling sucks. The teachers made laws so it wouldn't work. Even when they have to do it, they make the rules impossible so we complain and want to go back to the old days. It's all tricks to regain that power.
We are watching global government control and global connections fight each other.