Genuinely curious in the history behind this, if any.

Why is it that the UK is so pro-KYC, pro-tax (in its current form), and their rebel spirit is almost no where to be found?

Even amongst Bitcoiners.

I understand a lot in this country has worked nicely up until recently, they have a, relatively speaking, OK healthcare system and if rules are followed everyone seems to get along, but there's a clear increase in lack of consensus forming around pretty much everything to do with public infrastructure and welfare thanks to the cost-of-living (on the fiat standard) - Yet to speak against it? Heresy.

I find it quite interesting that a lot of dystopian fictional content usually has the UK as an example of what a surveillance-state, police-state would look like, and personally it from what I've seen it SEEMS to make some sense behind this.