There are supposed professionals who care only about the money and nothing less. In any country.
Where I am, the Philippines is one of the top exporters of professional labor -- including medical -- and often they don't come back because of low wages regardless of the job... unless the individual is amoral and capable of cunning; politicians, certain bureaucrats, high-ranking police and military officers, and their oligarch friends are just on top of the food chain.
Andor. Pluribus. 3 Body Problem. Queen's Gambit. Babylon Berlin. Alice in Borderland. Shogun (the 2024 series). The Expanse. First two seasons of For All Mankind.
Regardless, fuck AI. Fuck all of them for ruining EVERYTHING in the pursuit of pure profits.