slice (slīs) pronunciation
n.

1.
1. A thin broad piece cut from a larger object: ate a slice of cheese; examined a slice of the diseased lung.
2. An often wedge-shaped piece cut from a larger, usually circular object: ordered a slice of pie; shared a slice of pizza.
2. A portion or share: a slice of the profits.
3.
1. A knife with a broad, thin, flexible blade, used for cutting and serving food.
2. A similar implement for spreading printing ink.
4. Sports.
1. The course of a ball that curves in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.
2. A stroke that causes a ball to follow such a course: a golfer with a bad slice.
3. A ball propelled on such a course.
4. A stroke, as in tennis, in which the ball is struck with a downward motion with the open face of the racket in order to impart backspin.

Ah but the current problems we have today with monopolies and centralisation are based on our human culture (the fact that we abuse them).

So we can either:

1. find a middle groud (like today)
2. totally decentralise (city-states or anarchy)
3. wait for a culture change

For me, globalisation is dependant almost entirely by #3.