[Brian_K_White]

The entire US benefits from rules only California makes for itself. The entire world benefits from rules only the EU makes for itself.

That very same globalization sometimes causes influence as a pure byproduct.

Regardless, it's not an all or nothing situation. If there are 6000 problems, it's perfectly fine to pick just one of them, and do something that only makes it 1% better. So what there are 5999 other problems? So what most of this one problem didn't even get better because there is some way around it? Tomorrow you just keep doing more of the same and make the current problem 2% better. Or make one of the other 5999 a little better.

All progress is plodding. There is no other type.