The government only does what the people allow it to do.

There’s lots of animal and plant smuggling going on. A Chinese man was caught smuggling ants from Kenya and somewhat recently someone got into pretty big trouble for exporting a whole baobab tree also from Kenya.

Most CEOs are in one way or another.

I’ve done industrial networking protocols but never Bluetooth. I’m guessing some equipment didn’t implement the standard correctly or fully. Typically there’s someone you gotta pay like $10k+ to verify your equipment meets the standard so you can put the logo on the box but I’m sure the headphone or whatever device has pawned that responsibility off to whoever they bought their Bluetooth chip from.

And then what? Under the influence of another super power?

Still better than people trying to turn plastics back into fuel or stripping places of hydraulic fluid or paint thinner to burn. That’s when you know there’s a very bad fuel shortage.

After the famine and the suppression of the UPA I could see why the CIA thought they might have an inroad.

Reminds me of a Sexuallobster animation.

Don’t knock it till you try it. You never know, it might be the best thing since sliced bread.

Getting people fighting over political identity is a classic move. If they dare befriend one another then that’s a problem. Remember, never get over your differences, the rich and powerful depend on it. Politics is religion2.0 where you are unquestionably right and anyone who disagrees with you is the spawn of Satan sent to earth to destroy everything and you should hate them eternally without an ounce of doubt.

The trick is to get them fighting about anything besides how the rich are abusing the poor. Get them fighting over race, culture, sexuality, political affiliation, immigration, gender, really anything will work. The moment they start waking up just hit them with a new crisis like an impromptu war or domestic terror attack, even a pandemic if you really need to.