You’ve got it backwards. For most of history it was the other way around. We got to see a brief tantalizing glimpse of it in the 'oughties and naughties, and then the people who’s lifestyle depends on an exploitable workforce got scared and decided that was enough freedom for the peons

“But most significantly, Microsoft has made Recall a feature you must opt in to using rather than opt out of using, and it’s possible to remove it completely.”

Important bit

Same for dogs and cats, but that’s a hard sell

Having had a partner who gaslit and had basically a personality disorder, I could absolutely see someone getting driven to do what she did. You start to doubt your own ability to distinguish reality, to be able to trust yourself or anyone else. Constant fear and anxiety will make anyone go a little nuts

10x genocide?

He would let the Palestinian people die and start wars with other countries to distract the rest of us

That makes little sense. Why would blue collar workers support Israel’s genocidal bombardment campaign?

Sadly because of the higher incidence of nationalism, racism, and Islamophobia among such folk which means they don’t care enough or are outright in favor of turning brown people into skeletons