It seems to be a common viewpoint that it's "obviously" naive to think that the same political institutions could work for everyone around the world.

But lots of day-to-day-life things (city structures, school systems, increasingly even food...) seem to globalize quickly just fine.

Why the difference?

Huh, that’s an interesting point… I guess the difference might be that physical/concrete things have their own “thingness” that stands on their own and anchor consensus reality when experiencing them.

Abstractions, however, are highly filtered by perception and experience. Less anchoring, more room for interpr