Every technology created out of spurt headed by the government, most of the invention to transform society were sponsor and approve by the government. As all the illicit drug and medicine drug were first manufactured by the government and experimented on human themselves. There is no free society by at large government in control of the planet. Don't believe the hype about democracy uphold human freedom when in fact you and me just a property of the state, your not free when your in control of the government through the laws and regulation super impose upon the individual.As long as you can still use cash, at least your consumption is rather anonymous. The books you buy, the foods you eat, if bought with cash gives you a certain amount of protection. Yes, in a way, we are already living in a slave society light.
People like Gates or Trump, even with their billions, are mere managers of the real slave master.