Things will get Orwellian in the next couple of years. I hate to break it to you, but you are not free.
Central banks work for the government, not you. Well, more for the share holders of the central bank... Yes, the central bank is a private company. As a private company, it is only optimized to make profits for the shareholders.
You work, pay taxes, then save if youre lucky. You deposit your savings in the (private) bank, they loan it out with INTEREST before you leave the bank.
Governments borrow a crap load of money from the central bank to be paid with INTEREST.
You do not live in a free society. In fact, you made sure to destroy every other society that resembled freedom in every continent.
News channels make sure they cover everything but the problem - broken money and the central bank ponzy. They blame Russia, China, Muslims, India, Africa, Latin America. The world gets loaded with this crap and, with time, believe it with conviction.
As technology advances and information becomes easily available, it becomes harder for them to keep the information away from you. For their scam to continue to work, they will have to control every aspect of your life: Who are your friends, what you watch, what you eat, where you go, what you think, who to hate, when to go.
You will need permits for everything but the air you breathe. And with the help of AI, you will be virtually programmable.