Actually, it's going to be a global totalitarian oligarchy. The international agreements for trade, defense, and surveillance cooperation are intersecting with

Actually, it's going to be a global totalitarian oligarchy. The international agreements for trade, defense, and surveillance cooperation are intersecting with the interests of their respective oligarchies and corporations. Just ten years ago, who would have thought we'd be extraditing and jailing someone for copyright infringement? How about governments subverting civilian infosec and sharing the exploits? It makes going to war for plain old oil rights and defense profiteering seem quaint.