One thing that third world elites are very good at is corruption. The globalized economy means that the targets of their corruption go way beyond Mexico City, Laredo or El Paso. Washington DC comes well within range and so does London, Brussels and Paris. Corruption is a self-replicating system. Either it is actively fought or it eventually gains the upper hand. “Fought” is probably the operative word. It’s permanent defeat is unlikely, but like the garbage or the stuff in the septic tank, it can be bounded if you keep throwing out the trash or getting the tank pumped out. But absent that it won’t go away

The first step ought to be not feeding it. Development aid should be stopped. Corruption should be explicitly recognized in public discourse. The problem with the UN is that it treats Su Excelencia El Presidente of the Republica Del Platano as though he were the head of a European nation state when that is not necessarily the case. To some extent, globalization can only continue if the working parts of the world system are protected, like an operating system, from the viruses. Otherwise, crash.