Hello Savio,
Thank you so much for taking the time out to express your thoughts - I know that they will contribute to the discussion. I think this issue, that you so elegantly described from a first-person point of view, will be one of the defining characteristics of the 21st century. Here my time horizon is 25-50 years out. Even here in the United States as I communicate my thesis people tend to focus on Scotland or Catalonia. But the fact is that there was a secessionist movement here in the United States from the early 1800s through to 1865 (the end of the civil war here). Through warfare was the United States re-cobbled together. Political divisiveness is driven, not just by politics, but by identity and cultural differences.
Another trend that is in some of my future scenarios: line item voting for citizens. Here representatives are elected to draft legislation, but via the Internet individuals cast their votes for specific legislation rather than representatives. Clearly the technology to make this happen exists. What is missing is not the idea, but the endorsement. It is hard for me to imagine a world where such a thing does not happen somewhere - maybe in the Caribbean where the islands' issues are simpler than in larger countries. But some nation somewhere is bound to experiment here. Then? Then it will evolve quite interestingly.
Last big trend that is tangent to the discussion: labor free-agency. Right now, capital, nations, and businesses can operate globally with impunity, but labor is rooted to nation states. During the Great Recession, I am certain that many unemployed would have willingly traded their lives in their home nations for a nation where they could be employed; even if this meant much lower pay. What people care about is quality of life. I would trade my salary for the living in another country if my quality of life is relatively the same. So would many others. This inequality of labor vs. capital is (and this is my personal opinion) a great injustice to my mind.
Thanks so much for sharing your views!
Jason