Here's the thing: Europe isn't reducing producers, they are increasing producers, which was the whole given explanation of why they wanted to cut ties with Russia. Because of the high capitol involved it means it will be centralized not decentralized.

The pictures I shared of the crash the other night that's what decentralization will get you. I bet since the beginning of the year alone there's been ten roll over car accidents in and around our immediate area. That's just those running speeds high enough to roll over, there's been a lot of others just as severe as the one pictured. (One really amazing one was the guy about a month ago going at a high rate of speed down the expressway, lost control, hit a chain link fence and the car came out looking like it'd been gift wrapped in fencing, he did die) This happens when the population grows but they don't grow the enforcement mechanism needed to discourage people from making bad choices. I can't even put a figure on the increasing car thefts involved in a lot of these crashes. They steal people's cars and take them out for a wild joy ride often resulting in collisions. So if we decentralized like you dream of and all form these communities to defend ourselves exactly what are you expecting to do when people have no fear left at all and run hog wild through your community?...you going to take a shot gun and blow their windshield to bits? Blow out their tires? ...and if so who else would want to join along with all that? People assigned to patrol the community instead of out doing something they'd really rather do leaving such things up to people who get paid to do it instead. There's no one sitting around wishing for the whole thing to come crashing down so they can spend the rest of their lives with a shot gun by their side just so they don't have to deal with bankers anymore.