This is a very true point and sad consequence of both globalization and technological interconnectedness. In New Zealand I have heard stories about how a few d

This is a very true point and sad consequence of both globalization and technological interconnectedness. In New Zealand I have heard stories about how a few decades ago in rural parts of the country, pubs used to stay open well past national closing hour limits, due to a general nonchalance and attitude among the locals that we "we-just-do-things-differently-here." Local police just looked the other way. That kind of flagrant disregard for laws where they don't fit the desire of local populations is starting to die out, as globalization combined with technology is sterilizing the power of local cultures to develop their own quirks, customs and ways of doing things without accountability. Where local discretion used to reign, rigid codified standards have taken over.