THOMAS FRIEDMAN GRASS ROOTS QUICKSAND IS VERY FLAT

You can struggle your ass off, at a million local grass roots level places. Here, or over there somewhere, anywhere. 
They are each struggling, and reachingout,  for those errant bits of grassy roots, here and there, for support of their urgent initiatives.

This is what happens, in the flat world:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKDVz6TV2Gs