Localists assert that throughout the world's history, most social and economic institutions have been scaled at the local level, as opposed to regional, interregional, or global (basically until the late 19th to the early 20th centuries).
Lokalis menegaskan bahwa sepanjang sejarah dunia, lembaga sosial dan ekonomi telah disesuaikan dalam level lokal, dibanding dalam level daerah, antardaerah, maupun global (pada dasarnya sampai akhir abad 19 ke awal abad ke-20).