I do think there are some worrying transfers of power coming as a result of Covid. The most obvious for me is the issue of cash, which for the entire history of human civilisation has been a transaction between two parties and now increasingly they are trying to create a middleman that just happens to be a global financial company(ies) that takes a small cut and ensures the teansaction is monitored and shared with your bank.

For that reason, we should all make a point of using cash for at least some of our purchases in my opinion.

Also, the erosion of some civil liberties in some countries is genuinely shocking.

There is no global conspiracy though. For a start it assumes that the level of competence required for it exists.