[andyjohnson0]

> let local people decide for themselves what they want to do.

How do we solve big, global problems like climate change, pollution, ecosystem collapse, pandemic prevention, food/water precarity, etc if everywhere is just local people deciding for themselves?

Have you heard of the Collective Action Problem [1]? Its basically why we have governments. Now think about about the scale of the problems we face right now: what systems do we need to address them?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem