AFAIK a lot of the depictions of dystopias are based on the UK government as opposed to the other way around. For example Terry Gilliam and George Orwell. The m

AFAIK a lot of the depictions of dystopias are based on the UK government as opposed to the other way around. For example Terry Gilliam and George Orwell. The machinations were more overt in those times and a return to these dystopian circumstances is a more of a reversion to the mean than anything new or unique.