And you're right about the small things... I remember feeling quite ashamed when someone pointed out that, here in Brazil, everyone complains about corruption in politics (and truly, it is crazy) but then they go and print a fake university enrolment form in order to get half-price at the cinema... I was doing this, and stopped immediately.
Yes, and it is a chicken and egg problem. The government are representatives of the community and also encourage the community. If one could locate the source countries of spam and fishing, where would they come from?
Well, of course, Nigeria is now famous for being a huge source of scams etc, but I believe the famous "Nigerian Prince" scammer was recently found and arrested, and he is actually a white guy from Louisiana. Also, a quick google shows that phishing scams originated in the 90s with AmericaOnline.
I didn't mean the original source otherwise modern terrorists may be the Dutch farmers during the Boer war :)
The world is getting better but I am pretty sure that a few small changes in each of us would have a massive effect to speed it up, no matter our history.