I basically agree with the author, to a certain degree. Only looking at local problems reminds me very much of Biedermeier, when people grew so frustrated with

I basically agree with the author, to a certain degree. Only looking at local problems reminds me very much of Biedermeier, when people grew so frustrated with things happening in the wider world that they retreated into their comfy personal world: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biedermeier https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biedermeier