Apparently the same thing also happened with Steven Hawking. He seemed to have actually died back in the 80s and was replaced with an actor until his "official death".
The world used to have no cities. City-states then started appearing. City-states led to countries. Now there is a global government. Hopefully, countries will break into small villages again when everything collapses.
Iceland is not a free country, but maybe small places are more likely of having peace if everyone has similar values and backgrounds and everybody knows each other.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/02/kansas-electric-vehicle-battery-coal-rates-panasonic/
Story broke last October but mainstream news literally didn’t touch it.