Palantir have been given contracts for the UK police, NHS, MOD. Facial recognition cameras have been installed on the streets, AI cameras have been installed on the roads. Digital id will be required to access the internet. Bitcoin usage has not been banned but a swarm of misinformation and restrictions to make it very difficult to make purchases have been put in place. The term Orwellian gets thrown around a lot, but I think even he would be horrified by the take over. Meanwhile people are busy arguing amongst themselves so sure that what they argue about is the most important new thing to have an opinion on.