I believe Trump's administration ended the "globalisation project" by promoting China as the No1 US adversary. While Russia was the ideal "bad actor", China man

I believe Trump's administration ended the "globalisation project" by promoting China as the No1 US adversary. While Russia was the ideal "bad actor", China manufactures everything for everyone, so there's a catch-22[^1]. Similarly, the 10+ years EU German-driven austerity essentially killed social-democratic parties in Europe. The left did not come up strong (Podemos and Corbinstas did not manage to gain real power and Syriza capitulated), so all the gains went to alt-right (see Poland, Italy, Hungary, Greece, etc.). These alt-right parties are not pro-EU, by any stretch. Tech is really good at categorising, quantifying, etc. If anything, the "nation state" can become over-reaching using these new technologies. I don't see how tech is weakening the nation state nor I see how the Catholic Church is a good analogy to the nation state. Maybe megacorps (directly or indirectly driving wars to take over resources scarce natural resources like, oil, lithium, cobalt, etc.) would be a better analogy. [^1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTCqXlDjx18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTCqXlDjx18 - Australia's Defence Policy Explained (satirical)