The technology that produces advanced military capabilities can be had by the poorest and least technically advanced countries (as we've seen with places like Pakistan and North Korea) to develop very powerful military capabilities.
But they also genuinely believe that many of the barriers to near-universal Internet access are falling, at least in economically advanced countries (though it is worth remembering that half the world has never even made a telephone call).
That's what appears to be happening to Christianity, at least in the advanced countries where it once dominated.
Some did so honestly; many more cheated, bribed and stole from the state or small investors, using conniving banks as a source of everlasting loans and a place to wash their money.That era is coming to an end, at least in the more advanced countries.
"The gap between us and that of advanced countries is at least two to three decades".
The more advanced countries should at least be aiming to put part of the revenues into a separate long-term investment fund for their people (as various energy-rich countries have done).
The majority of other advanced countries do things differently, at least at the K-12 level, tilting resources in favor of poorer students.
America's failed financial model for higher education is one of the reasons that, among the advanced countries, America now has the least equality of opportunity, with the life prospects of a young American more dependent on his or her parents' income and education than in other advanced countries.
China is developing solid-fuel rockets, mobile launchers, and miniaturized payloads for multiple warheads, but the country still has one of the least advanced nuclear arsenals among the world's nuclear-armed states.
Argentina is in a mid-range position for Latin America with more than 35% of salaried workers in informality, with a higher level among females and those with less education; meanwhile, the most advanced countries (Chile and Uruguay) have about 20% and the least advanced ones more than half (Appendix: Tables 9 and 10).
