I personally think those people who accept the facial rec and other dystopia are everywhere. Perhaps it is better to be somewhere there is very strong cash economy. But then there is likely to be less of the infrastructure that you appreciate. There will always be ways the governments/corporations will find ways to trick ppl into slavery. i.e I was on a remote island during covid and many ppl were not registered with the govt for tax and existed in cash econ. but to get the covid subsidies they had to register. Now there is no going back for those people! They can't unregister. Where I am currently the banks/supermarkets offer discount for paying with cards, therefore driving the fazing out of cash. These discounts are quite generous and very tempting and I guess it's hard to say no for many. Many ppl don't have a bank account but perhaps they will get one now they offer the discount.