Adam Curtis: Can't Get You Out of My Head, 4 - But What If the People Are Stupid

The emerging idea in the 1970s of a world without borders; non-governmental organizations (NGOs) feel compelled to change the world because, says Curtis, "politicians left and right had become corrupted by power and petty nationalism"; the unintended consequences of sending humanitarian aid to Ethiopia in 1984; the Chinese Communist Party resists calls within China for transparency and cracks down on protesters; resurgent nationalism in Russia and the Balkans after the breakup of USSR and Yugoslavia; a decline of faith in politics by voters in the West leading to politicians favoring big business.