I find it difficult to grasp what you are saying, given you wrote of all of Western society.  I did not know that healthcare, for instance, was dying in western Europe.  I am concerned about the diminishing support for public schools in this country, but, for too long, a lot of the major stakeholders have been left out of the planning and discussion.  As for banking, that one is deep and tricky -- the death of so many local and regional banks, yes, but replaced by the "too big to fail." 

One could say that what has occurred/is occurring is a pendulum swing from globalization if it were not for the crisis/crises in the Middle East having a part.  I'd like to think that exercising what rights are left to us, even on the micro level, is a place to start.  Sometimes, sadly, people have no choice as to whether a conflict will destroy them in some way.