In Berlin people will hate you if you’d draw your card. But to get cash is hard, not many ATM’s. Also in many countries the limit of what you can withdraw and deposit is being lowered more and more. But at least it helps against criminality. But it’s not like they care about that in the US seeing the corrupt judiciary system, privatized incarceration system (including slavery), corrupt and racist police, organized crime with tight connections to government officials, the insane amount of guns widely available (including military guns), the massive drug use, etc etc.

But at least they have their freedom. Or well, except for the insane amount of incarcerated people. Oh and if you’ve got a really weird and twisted idea of freedom. Like, free to grab a gun if you want to shoot around at your school, but not free to feel safe anywhere anytime. No safety you won’t become homeless if you have a medical issue. But you’re free to do forced free labor when you get wrongfully incarcerated for being black, or because the incompetent jury fell for the charmes of the prosecuter or didn’t like the face of your lawyer.

Talking about dystopian, the US really ticks all the boxes. They could do a great dystopian TV show. Every season a different dystopian world. US, China, North Korea, Russia, Turkmenistan, South Africa, Venezuela, etc. I’d watch that.