People in power learn very quickly the extents of their power. They will surround themselves with henchmen intelligent enough to explain to them their power.
When it comes to power, there is no developed and developing.
In India or any poor country with a large population you don't need hi tech scifi methods to control a population. The country is reasonably stable ie not falling apart like Syria or Venezuela because brutal systems of control are already in place. People who are suddenly worried about state control are seriously clueless.
