The new paradigm is "The Company" in the movie "Alien."
Under global free trade, corporations dominate conventional governments.
Following this train of thought, it explains why individual freedoms in the US will undergo increasing attacks in the name of "reducing costs."
In the new paradigm, there will not be countries as we recognize them today. There will only be classes.
Large corporations will dictate public policy on a global level. "Harmonization" will continue to occur under global free trade, the corporate Nirvana. Jobs will continue to be "displaced."
Next we will learn, or be told, that in order to remain competitive, we will need to sacrifice benefits gained in the previous century regarding workplace safety, retirement, privacy, environment, and individual freedoms.
To the extent that the US Constitution is antithetical to international corporations, it will be modified or interpreted away (BTW, with the active help of Democrats and Republicans alike... I believe the trend was well underway by the time of FDR).
To the extent that individualism is doomed via international corporate dictates, socialism will prevail.
That which makes the US unique in the world today will be "harmonized."
Want to see the US of tomorrow? --- if current trends continue, it is the Bombay or Shanghai of today.
The only class that will survive in its current form is the investor class.
For the rest of us (those who don't attempt to assert their individuality in some way or another and become headline news), it's "will you be having fries with that today?"