If there was only one group in charge, of everything right now, then things would be a lot simpler. I still think that's a few decades away unless something huge happens. Some technology being prototyped right now could speed it up or slow it down. Augmented Reality Glasses that look like normal glasses, entering the market for less than $700, could prove disastrous. Elon's Neuralink prototype could revolutionize the educational capacity of the average person, create "Ready Player 1" types of high quality video games, and allow easier computer interface capabilities... or it becomes 1984 on steroids if there's no open-source software, and different companies pay Elon to only use specialized corporate operating systems.

Either we've got a few years before it's game over or information transfer becomes so easy that governments can't stop it and the all seeing eye falls.

Market fluctuations in 2008, 2012, and 2020, the disputed rights to diamond and gold minds in Africa, China's attitude towards Australia compared to the U.S., and the North Korean government peace talk fiasco that happened in 2018... all of these things don't add up. It really looks like there's more than one person calling the shots and they are not in agreement about how things should be done.

If there is a single person, then they're doing a horrible job at controlling things.