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July 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Across the developing world, however, the story was
different—and much more variable. Top-down authority took different
forms in different countries, hinging largely on the capacity, caliber,
and intentions of their leaders.In countries with strong and thoughtful
leaders, citizens’ overall economic status and quality of life
increased. In India, for example, air quality drastically improved after
2016, when the government outlawed high- emitting vehicles.In Ghana, the introduction of ambitious government programs to
improve basic infrastructure and ensure the availability of clean water
for all her people led to a sharp decline in water-borne diseases.More authoritarian leadership worked less well—and in some cases
tragically—in countries run by irresponsible elites who used their
increased power to pursue their own interests at the expense of their
citizens.There were other downsides, as the rise of virulent nationalism
created new hazards: spectators at the 2018 World Cup, for example, wore
bulletproof vests that sported a patch of their national flag.Strong
technology regulations stifled innovation, kept costs high, and curbed
adoption.In the developing world, access to “approved” technologies
increased but beyond that remained limited: the locus of technology
innovation was largely in the developed world, leaving many developing
countries on the receiving end of technologies that others consider
“best” for them.Some “IT IS POSSIBLE TO DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL SOME SOCIETIES FOR
SOME TIME, BUT NOT THE WHOLE WORLD ALL THE TIME.” – GK Bhat, TARU
Leading Edge, India governments found this patronizing and refused to
distribute computers and other technologies that they scoffed at as
“second hand.”Meanwhile, developing countries with more resources and
better capacity began to innovate internally to fill these gaps on their
own.Meanwhile, in the developed world, the presence of so many top-down
rules and norms greatly inhibited entrepreneurial activity.Scientists and innovators were often told by governments what research
lines to pursue and were guided mostly toward projects that would make
money (e.g., market-driven product development) or were “sure bets”
(e.g., fundamental research), leaving more risky or innovative
research areas largely untapped.Well-off countries and monopolistic companies with big research and
development budgets still made significant advances, but the IP behind
their breakthroughs remained locked behind strict national or corporate
protection.Russia and India imposed stringent domestic standards for supervising
and certifying encryption-related products and their suppliers—a
category that in reality meant all IT innovations.The U.S. and EU
struck back with retaliatory national standards, throwing a wrench in
the development and diffusion of technology globally.Especially in the developing world, acting in one’s national
self-interest often meant seeking practical alliances that fit with
those interests—whether it was gaining access to needed resources or
banding together in order to achieve economic growth.In South America and Africa, regional and sub-regional alliances
became more structured. Kenya doubled its trade with southern and
eastern Africa, as new partnerships grew within the continent.China’s
investment in Africa expanded as the bargain of new jobs and
infrastructure in exchange for access to key minerals or food exports
proved agreeable to many governments.Cross-border ties proliferated in the form of official security aid.
While the deployment of foreign security teams was welcomed in some of
the most dire failed states, one-size-fits-all solutions yielded few
positive results.By 2025, people seemed to be growing weary of so much top-down
control and letting leaders and authorities make choices for them.Wherever national interests clashed with individual interests, there
was conflict. Sporadic pushback became increasingly organized and
coordinated, as disaffected youth and people who had seen their status
and opportunities slip away—largely in developing countries—incited
civil unrest.In 2026, protestors in Nigeria brought down the
government, fed up with the entrenched cronyism and corruption.Even those who liked the greater stability and predictability of this
world began to grow uncomfortable and constrained by so many tight
rules and by the strictness of national boundaries.The feeling lingered
that sooner or later, something would inevitably upset the neat order
that the world’s governments had worked so hard to establish.
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