NOISE, A PROXY FOR DEVELOPMENT

Movies from undeveloped, developing, or retrodeveloping nations are loud, very loud, so loud that dialogues become fights.

The quietness of the night in undeveloped, developing, or retrodeveloping nations is loud, very loud, as electric generators become insomnia generators.

Private arguments and disagreements in undeveloped, developing, or retrodeveloping nations are so loud to be heard from space.

Worshipping God in undeveloped, developing, or retrodeveloping nations is so loud that God hears the worshippers without the intervention of the clergy.

Markets in undeveloped, developing, or retrodeveloping nations are like orchestras with each section belting out loud asynchronous music.

Automobiles in undeveloped, developing, or retrodeveloping nations are very loud, smoky, and likely to break down in the middle of the road.

Polithiefians in undeveloped, developing, or retrodeveloping nations are so loud that the noise drowns out the financial shenanigans and crimes against humanity being perpetrated on the citizenry.

A country’s level of development can be measured with a noise meter, the noisier, the less the development.