Imo, they are the next wave. Not some new "variant" of a computer simulation. The media and the governments will push whatever bigpharma and the central bankers pays them to push and force on people. We can't very well fight them, but we can render them obsolete by building the things that they cannot control and showing as many good people as possible how to use these tools of decentralization, and provide for their own needs and security.

So, all is not lost my friends, we are individually powerful and together is how we starve the beast.