Dubai and the wider Islamic world are head-over-heels in love with Sustainable Development, Green Economy and Fintech (Financial Technology) because it will lead to the demise of Capitalism and Free Enterprise. Islamic theology is claimed to be very compatible with the green movement.
Technocrats have no regard or respect for politicians; that Harris, a giant military contractor, would require its clients to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement is brazen and not legal. It effectively sets up a secret society of surveillance professionals.
License plate readers have become ubiquitous with multiple agencies and police departments creating billions of scans. Furthermore, the data is being aggregated for use in a single giant database that will allow the movement of a single car to be mapped.
Technocrat scientists pushing global warming have no idea how foolish they look as they preach warming disaster while buried in frigid snow. They are sure their science is settled and deniers are all wrong.
It might be that the story about nationalizing 5G was a trial balloon that turned into a lead balloon, but it doesn't mean that 5G isn't racing ahead like a freight train. Corporate cellular providers like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc., will all build their own 5G networks, resulting in more towers and more radiation. 5G is so fast that it will revolutionize the Internet of Everything, allowing real-time transmission of data.
Just in the last two years, the NSA has granted over $112 billion in high-tech contracts to private industry representing just over $400 for every man, woman and child in America. This is ten times more than their own basic budget, so the question is, how do these contracts get funded? The second question is, Is the NSA forming outright Fascist relationships with private industry?
The new 5G cellular standard is expected to put real-time communications in place for the Internet of Things; thus, in the hands of the government, all IoT data could be collected and captured directly by the government. It is already known that most cell carriers are already providing massive amounts of data to the government. The misleading rational offered for nationalization is to 'guard against China'.
With alleged record low unemployment throughout the nation, the reality in Stockton is radically different. The Technocrat idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is being explored as the only solution: simply giving money to citizens.
Soros complains about the threat of nuclear war, global warming and the rise of nationalism but then forcefully criticizes Facebook and Google for becoming manipulative monopolies and controlling over half of all Internet ad revenue. Is he jealous or just riding the popular wave of bashing Big Tech?
Essentially, ICLEI is promoting Public-Private Partnerships to finance green projects and development of Smart Cities. The fear factor to do so is a) population is still exploding and b) most people are moving to cities. Like climate change, both are wildly exaggerated.