All that has been happening today is progress. Unless you want to live a life in the slums, the only path to development is progress! Money has no inherent value. We are playing the Progressives' game. They have engineered it so that if you want to live a better life, you have to accept everything they provide.
This is coercion, they control everything. They dictate the exact standard needed to achieve prosperity. However, this can change. It can change so that our values are what lead the further development of society. You do not actually have to be a specialist to be considered one, they just have to approve you. Civilizations on the lower level must get their people approved to build themselves up. Once those people reach that stage successfully, they become part of the elite. It is like a magnet that pulls them in to take over the world. You have to submit to them. The rule is that to build a successful civilization, you have to play their game.
Post-colonialism, they realized they could start helping people onto their feet just to control them. They used this assistance as leverage, yet no one would ever call their actions an inside job. We bear no freedom of thought or speech. Freedom of speech has simply become a privilege for those who are wrong to look down on those who are right.
The attachment below is to explicitly show their values.