To me, a lot of the issues we are facing seem to be scaling the governmental framework out to far while simultaneously creating a society that promotes individualism.

Consider:

Christians, Muslims, Athiests, Mormons, Jews, etc are bound by internal and external doctrine and have(or choose) limited latitude to alter their beliefs.

The political spectrum is more represented now than ever. This stratification can be seen just looking at the hard core tea party conservatives driving last election, to the "social justice" movement and a candidate viably running as a socialist. We are so far apart as a country.

Rich poor gap & critically, the perception of one.

how to handle guns

how to handle the economy

racism

law & governance from jusges to police.

Etc

this is something that could be mitigated by states rights and a strong union of states that willingly band together for mutual benefit.

Obviously the world is facing outsize problems as we scale out our societies. We can probably all get a long better if we allowed abortion to be illegal in some states with planned parenthood providing transportation for those in need of it. Its called compromising. It will be difficult for people to move with little money, but that seems a better alternative than simply having one size fits all.

Also, I'd appreciate if the NSA stopped watching me masterbate.