Authoritianism based on an emergenc that prevents civil rights such as freedom of assembly and movement. Censorship. Lockdown. Those set the tone. Media and corporations that need to censor what people say to combat disinformation.

Later we get the wet dream of surveillance with V passports. Social credit style. If you watched the ads companies were trying, you would've seen it. But of course you're going to call me a conspiracy theorists just like it happened back then.

Locking down your devices, putting age restrictions and therefore digital id and no privacy to access the internet, it's all pretty convenient.

But hey, Google is doing this all for your own good, or they aren't and the good EU will stop them because there's no way they'd like control.

These trends in Authoritanism began in the early 2000s with the patriot act. Its been a very slow boil since then, with more and more freedoms given up and censored in search of "security".