I totally agree with you. In a way, decentralization is the other (better) path to globalization. There are two things that people mean when they use the term "globalization": a consolidation of power to a smaller and smaller group of elites, OR the increase in social and economic connections among individuals around the world. One of those is bad, and one is good. Decentralization is the way to the good kind of globalization, while centralization is the way to the bad kind.