I'm against Globalisation and believe in Nation states having full sovereignty over their own affairs.
Oh you are against the internet and the reality of trade in 2019. That's nice.
Why are you using MN if you don't believe in globalisation? Or are you contemplating plugging the plug on it and returning to 4 television channels and Only Fools And Horses on repeat 7 days a week?
I take it you like British holidays only and don't have any interest in warm sun and sea, and would happily swap that for a donkey, an arcade and a dodgy B&B in wet Blackpool in August.
I take it you never eat bananas, coffee, tea, chocolate or anything out of season. And you'll eat my share of tripe and liver instead.
I take it that everything you own and use is produced in the UK. That includes all metal, wood, minerals, synthetics, cotton, etc etc and any other raw materials or anything made from them abroad. Like bog roll. If you are managing that, get cracking with the book on how to live off grid, you might make a fortune. Though producing the book and getting it published without the Internet or imported goods might prove a problem.
I hope you are of working age and aren't too bothered by mass employment rather than think the young should have to suck up your lifestyle choices which take away the good things you've enjoyed for the last 30 years or so. And you never have nor intend to take money from the state, including for health or pension.
I know, eh, what a bastard I am
No I don't think you are a bastard. I might be inclined to go so far as to concede that reality is a bit of a bastard, though I quite like the luxuries it brings too.
I don't like a lot of things but the good things we have come about because we have swapped a little big of sovereignty for cooperation because we lack the hard power and shun the brutally that allowed us to flourish in the Empire. So I take the compromise cos I figure it works out quite well for everyone.
Honestly I'm sure you are genuinely a good person, but I think you miss the minor problem that technology has made the world smaller, more crowded and it harder if not impossible to live in splendid isolationism.
The US isn't 3 weeks sailing away anymore. You can speak to someone in Australia instantly. You can communicate via an online translator with someone you don't share language with. The world is at your finger tips and you can carry it around in your pocket.
Not everyone shares nostalgia for the Stone Age. And even if we decided we did want it, outside influences would always still try and interfere and find their way in whether we like it or not.
Your idealism is quaint. I wish the world was that simple in many respects. But it's just not.
Yes reality. It's a bastard.