A central theme of this blog over the last five years has been that nation-state is caught in the grip of two aggressive groups of super-empowered global guerrillas -- the global barons of financial capitalism attacking from above and tribes/gangs/terrorists thrusting from below. The results of the early returns indicate that the nation-state is losing its fight with these groups.
It appears that realization of the situation is going mainstream. For example, Matt Taibbi's article The Big Takeover (read the whole thing, colorful language and all), captures this shift. This article is currently spreading across the Internet virally (via Twitter/blogs).